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Bangkok Post
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Most of Thailand under flood alert; Vietnam closes airports

Residents commute by boat in the flooded Wat Sala Daeng Nuea community near the Chao Phraya River in Sam Khok district of Pathum Thani province, just north of Bangkok, on Thursday afternoon. (Photo: Pongpat Wongyala)

Disaster mitigation authorities have warned people in Bangkok and 65 provinces of possible flooding from Friday to Sunday due to incoming Storm Kalmaegi.

Due to raised discharge rates at the Chao Phraya barrage in Chai Nat province to cope with the fast-flowing river, the level of the Chao Phraya downstream from the barrage will rise by 60-90 centimetres in low-lying areas without embankments, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said on Thursday.

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