Update: Bangkok Flooding

Flood waters have breached their restraints and have brought their tragic effects to Thailands captial, Bangkok. After weeks of planning, constructing, and hoping the cities external and internal technologies could no longer hold off the flood waters that have burdened the majority of the rest of the country for a long time now. Bangkok's officals have been attmepting a calm face up until very recently and are now actively asking people to evacuate while they try to salvage parts of their city and assist the flood waters in receeding any way possible.

In one of the hardest hit areas of the city, several dykes failed and flooded 3 northern districts destroying 90% of the homes and displacing thousands. Similar situations are being faced in many areas of Bangkok. The prime minister, Shinawatra, was newly elected when the floods began to make their first appearance and at first she encouraged the general population to not fret becasue she was confindent in the cities defenses against floods like these. But lately she seems to have taken a more developmental approach to this envronmnetal disaster. She was quoted in saying, "It seems like we're fighting against the forces of nature, massive floodwater that is causing damage to several of our dykes... The truth is, we need to let it flow naturally out to the sea, and what we can do now is to manage it, so that it flows slowly, otherwise everybody will suffer."

They are trying now to speed up the rate at which the flood waters are flowing out of the city and into the sea. Helping the water takes its natural course, seems to be the only way to go about it now, but helping speed up the process so the city and its people can begin their recovery is essential as well.

Below: "Thai people sit on sand bags in front of their house surrounded by floodwaters in Bangkok on October 27, 2011."

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/10/27/bangkok-floods_n_1034699.html?ref=extreme-weather