Thailand PM Visits Bangkok Flood Zone

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva visits flood affected areas north of the capital Bangkok, after the worst floods in decades left 15 people dead.

Thailand's Prime Minister inspects flood-ravaged areas north of Bangkok on Thursday.

His visit comes after the country's worst floods in decades hit about a quarter of the country, leaving 15 people dead.

Officials estimate more than 814,000 people have been affected in 21 provinces.

The army has been called in to build sandbag dykes and to help locals evacuate to dry land.

Disaster relief packages were also handed out to flood victims -- and authorities have even sent floating toilets.

Flooding has swamped tens of thousands of acres of farmland, and damaged at least one major road.

Authorities fear that the swelling Chao Phraya river that winds through Bangkok and nearby provinces could overflow its banks in the coming week.

Officials have allocated 3.3 million dollars to disaster relief efforts.

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[MrFreddyPhelps]

@garry2301 Nobody gives a crap about what you, a rabid Westboro Cult Attention Whore Wannabe Coward has to say. Have a nice day, hun.

[superThing732]

shut up people in thai are nice people

[zoosiab86]

did you know why there was a flooding in thailand this years? nobody know about the problem, but i do know...let me tell you a story why there was a flooding to thailand.the cause is because thai people are very bad.. they destroy hmong grave in "wat tham krabok" and they need hmong people bone from the death people...another cause is thai people send hmong people to laos and they killed hmong people a lot so the sky saw what they have done for hmong people and the sky let flooding into thailand

[swampgirl62]

Floods are devastating, hope you come through this ok... Karen australia

[yaowalakt]

bye bye abhisit ^^

[Nekokokami]

3.3 million that how much the corrupted government official can spent on a needed citizen.

[squishmeify]

@polpotlives123 Ummmm, the U.S. have got Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian who apparently are role models. Even your regular hurricanes can't wipe them out clean. They're like weeds that just keep on expanding to new horizons.