Downpour triggers city chaos
Traffic moves at a snail's pace on flooded Srinakarin Road in Bangkok on Wednesday morning. (Photo by Somchai Poomlard)
A morning downpour submerged several areas in Bangkok on Wednesday, triggering traffic chaos and trapping hundreds of office workers on flooded streets during rush hour. The freak weather is expected...
Showers continued to soak Bangkok streets, pedestrians inching their way carefully through water toward shelters. Some taxi drivers rejected soaked passengers. Soldiers from many military units were ordered...
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Soldiers of Thai Army push a pickup truck along a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 10, 2018. A number of streets in Bangkok have been flooded after heavy rainfall hit the capital city Wednesday morning. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)
Residents ride on motorcycle along a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 10, 2018. A number of streets in Bangkok have been flooded after heavy rainfall hit the capital city Wednesday morning. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)
Passengers take a songthaew public bus on a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 10, 2018. A number of streets in Bangkok have been flooded after heavy rainfall hit the capital city Wednesday morning. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)
Pedestrians cross a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 10, 2018. A number of streets in Bangkok have been flooded after heavy rainfall hit the capital city Wednesday morning. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)
Police officers help transfer an elderly who is stranded on a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 10, 2018. A number of streets in Bangkok have been flooded after heavy rainfall hit the capital city Wednesday morning. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)
Pedestrians cross a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 10, 2018. A number of streets in Bangkok have been flooded after heavy rainfall hit the capital city Wednesday morning. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)
A soldier of Thai Army (L) helps a citizen and his son cross a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 10, 2018. A number of streets in Bangkok have been flooded after heavy rainfall hit the capital city Wednesday morning. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)
Citizens ride on motorcycle along a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 10, 2018. A number of streets in Bangkok have been flooded after heavy rainfall hit the capital city Wednesday morning. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)
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