PHOTOS

25 OCT 2011

Bangkok Flooding Oct 25

A selection of photos of flooding in and around Bangkok on October 25, 2011. Photos by Post Photographers.

 
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Bangkok Flooding Oct 25
Floodwaters start to flow into Don Mueang Airport after water breaches sandbagged barriers protecting the complex. Small vehicles are not allowed to use Vibhavadi Rangsit Road in front of the airport.
Bangkok Flooding Oct 25
Foreign tourist poses with floodwaters in front of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha as the water level keeps rising.
Bangkok Flooding Oct 25
Foreign tourists help scoop water out of shops on Samsen Road.
Bangkok Flooding Oct 25
A sick lady is rescued and evacuated from the flooded area in Lam Luk Ka Soi 39 in Pathum Thani.
Bangkok Flooding Oct 25
People walk through rising floodwaters at Wang Lang pier while they head home after work.
Bangkok Flooding Oct 25
Volunteers sit on a huge sandbagged wall preventing floods at Siriraj Hospital.
Bangkok Flooding Oct 25
A father carries his son on his bag while trying to walk through floodwaters in Wang Lang district. The water level reaches about 50cm.
Bangkok Flooding Oct 25
People living in Lam Luk Ka Soi 7, Pathum Thani's Lam Luk Ka district wait for donated food and necessities.
Bangkok Flooding Oct 25
Charan Sanitwong Road becomes inundated. Small vehicles are not allowed to enter this area. At the same time, while people attempt to fix the broken flood dyke along the Chao Phraya River, floodwaters submerge some roads and people's residences.
Bangkok Flooding Oct 25
Charan Sanitwong Road becomes inundated. Small vehicles are not allowed to enter this area. At the same time, while people attempt to fix the broken flood dyke along the Chao Phraya River, floodwaters submerge some roads and people's residences.
Bangkok Flooding Oct 25
Charan Sanitwong Road becomes inundated. Small vehicles are not allowed to enter this area. At the same time, while people attempt to fix the broken flood dyke along the Chao Phraya River, floodwaters submerge some roads and people's residences.
Bangkok Flooding Oct 25
Charan Sanitwong Road becomes inundated. Small vehicles are not allowed to enter this area. At the same time, while people attempt to fix the broken flood dyke along the Chao Phraya River, floodwaters submerge some roads and people's residences.