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Samsen, Makkasan residents told to get prepared for flooding The Nation 20.10.2011 | Asean Emergency Assessment Team Arrives In Thailand Bernama 20.10.2011 |
 Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra went on TV early Thursday to warn residents of Samsen and Makkasan areas to move belongs to high grounds. |  The Asean Emergency Rapid Assessment Team (ERAT) has arrived in Thailand to assess flood-affected areas, Asean announced on Wednesday. |
Govt sacrifices eastern Bangkok Bangkok Post 20.10.2011 | Bangkok must share flooding, adviser tells PM The Nation 20.10.2011 |
 In a bid to save the economic heart of the capital amid surging water levels, the government has finally opted to use the eastern part of Bangkok to drain massive amounts of floodwaters from the northern outskirts. |  A close aide to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday suggested that the government immediately revise its flood-prevention plan to protect the inner city areas from severe flooding. |
Flooding closes Future Park Rangsit Bangkok Post 19.10.2011 | Bangkok Residents Told to Prepare for Flood ABC News 19.10.2011 |
 Future Park mall at Rangsit announced it has closed for the day on Wednesday after roads in the area were flooded. |  Flooding that has inundated much of Thailand's agricultural heartland, paralyzed hundreds of factories and threatened to burst into the capital has also decimated confidence in the government that took power in August. |
Thai PM appeals for unity amid flood crisis Sin Chew Jit Poh 19.10.2011 | Bangkok may face new eastern flood front CBS News 19.10.2011 |
 Thailand's premier urged the country's rival political factions Wednesday to work together to tackle the worst floods in decades, as residents in parts of Bangkok were put on heightened alert. |  Thai authorities were staging a fighting retreat Wednesday against flood waters that threaten Bangkok, after the country's oldest factory park was completely inundated and a nearby one faced imminent threat. |
'Worst is passed' for Bangkok flooding threat China Daily 19.10.2011 | 'Obsolete' Weather Radar Blamed as Full Dams Worsen Thai FloodsDaniel Ten Kate and Supunnabul Suwannakij BusinessWeek 18.10.2011 |
 The most critical days of flood prevention for Bangkok, Thailand's capital, has passed, said a team of Chinese experts sent by the Chinese government to Thailand to help with flood relief. |  Thailand’s weather service blamed obsolete equipment for failing to predict the severity of rains that killed 307 people, saying authorities ignored upgrade requests that could have mitigated the impact of flooding. |
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