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Ajarn Miguk · Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Location: TDY As Assigned

"Japan and other countries provide assistance to flood-hit victims

With 21 countries issuing travel warnings to their nationals about visiting Thailand due to the flood situation, Minister of Foreign Affairs Surapong Towijak-chaikul has instructed the Thai embassies in these 21 countries to ensure the public are accurately informed about the situation, ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi said on Tuesday.

The 21 countries included the United States, Mexico, Spain and Japan, with the latter warning Japanese people to avoid visiting Thailand and especially Ayutthaya, an informed source said.

Seiji Kojima, Ambassador of Japan to Thailand, was scheduled to meet PM Yingluck Shinawatra this afternoon (October 11) at the National Flood Relief Centre. Japan has announced it will be sending disaster relief items worth Bt12 million to Thailand through the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA).

Surapong also reported that three countries have offered assistance through the Thai Red Cross Society: China is donating US$1 million and relief items worth Bt50 million; New Zealand is donating 100,000 New Zealand dollars and the United States is donating $100,000.

Expatriate Thais have been invited to donate money and flood relief items at Thai embassies in their respective countries. The amount of money donated by overseas Thais through embassies and consulates so far has reportedly reached more than Bt4 million."

-- The Nation 2011-10-11

young_clinton · Joined: 09 Sep 2009

Let the fun in Bangkok begin. Laughing

Here is the official warning from the US embassy about the flooding situation.

http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/100711emergencymessage.html

hagwonnewbie · Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Location: Asia

Already Thailand's worst flood in 50 maybe 100 years.

Weather forecast for the next week is heavy rain. Not fun!

Ajarn Miguk · Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Location: TDY As Assigned

Nakhon Sawan in very bad shape:

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/261038/nakhon-sawan-totally-submerged

Patong Dong · Joined: 06 May 2003 Location: On Nut

My house that the wife and I had built on her family land is up in Nakhon Sawan. About 70 km east of the city. I've been told all of my valuable household items have already been moved to a higher point and hopefully that'll remain high enough. My wife went to a Tesco Lotus yesterday after I kept telling she needs to stock up and was stunned to find it was empty of essential items. Anyone who knows Bangkok knows it doesn't take a massive deluge for a number of streets to back up and flood, so I am apprehensively watching top see how it handles a massive deluge.