Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes
People wade through a flooded street in Bangkok. In parts of the city, roughly 300mm of rain – the equivalent of half a year of average rainfall in London – fell in about two days.View image in fullscreenA person wades through flood water in Lat Krabang district, Bangkok. Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPAAbout 40 people died in flood-related incidents, according to the government.
- ▪People wade through a flooded street in Bangkok.
- ▪In parts of the city, roughly 300mm of rain – the equivalent of half a year of average rainfall in London – fell in about two days.View image in fullscreenA person wades through flood water in Lat Krabang district, Bangkok.
- ▪Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPAAbout 40 people died in flood-related incidents, according to the government.
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People wade through a flooded street in Bangkok. Photograph: Patipat Janthong/ReutersWith 40 dead and a disaster declared across all 50 city districts, experts warn extreme flooding will only worsen across south-east AsiaBy Oliver Holmes and Ajit NiranjanFri 2 Oct 2026 22.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleBangkok is used to absorbing the sudden afternoon downpours that inundate the city during the rainy season. Even streets in many central high-rise districts can briefly turn into rivers, with rats and cockroaches racing out of sewers and taking temporary refuge on trees and buildings as the subterranean world is flushed out.But every city has a breaking point, and this year rain fell so fast and so hard that whole neighbourhoods of the Thai capital have been transformed, not into…
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