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With 3 updates: More recent flood reports

October 24, 2011
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A local helps carry a crocodile after the creature was found in a flooded residential area in Bangbuatong district of Nonthaburi province. Photo / AP The Governor of Bangkok issued a warning to residents of the Thai capital to prepare for floodwaters …
BANGKOK—Bangkok’s city leaders warned that a widening swath of the Thai capital is now under threat from fast-rising flood waters, while the economic impact of the crisis continued to ripple outward after Toyota Motor Co. said it would …
Millions of people in the Thai capital nervously prepared for advancing and seemingly unstoppable floodwaters yesterday after residents in areas deemed most at threat were urged to leave. Bangkok authorities warned that large volumes of water were …
Residents make their way along flooded streets on the outskirts of Bangkok on Saturday. Thailand is experiencing the worst flooding in 50 years. They’re paddling in the streets north of Bangkok: after weeks of flooding in Thailand, …
Thailand’s worst floods in half a century have reached the capital Bangkok, as officials struggle to control a torrent of water that is threatening to engulf the nation’s political and economic heart. City officials ordered the …
As the most severe floodwaters in decades threaten to drown Bangkok’s most famous market, observers worry that Thailand’s economy will also suffer …
Updates 1/2/3: A reader sent this capture of a rather scary satellite image of current flooding. Roughly the same map is seen in this CNN video and text report. Another reader sent a link to some really big map views that load rather slowly (here’s a quick link to the parent site):
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