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Chao Phraya overflows

Traffic moves through shallow flooding in Samut Prakan, late on Monday morning, after the Chao Phraya River overflowed during high tide. (Photo: Winai Makulsawadi-udom)

The Chao Phraya river overflowed into parts of Bangkok and Samut Prakan province on Monday morning during high tide.

Local authorities reported pavement-deep flooding in Bangkok's Bangkok Noi, Taling Chan, Bang Khunthian and Nong Chok districts and Samut Prakan's Muang district, slowing traffic through those areas.

Traffic in Khlong Toey district also slowed as part of Ratchadaphisek Road was flooded. Another section of the same road in Yanawa district near the Chao Phraya was also flooded, forcing motorists to slow down.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said that discharges from the Chao Phraya dam upstream were not the cause of the flooding.

Meanwhile, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported that flooding remained in parts of Phatthalung, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Surat Thani, Nong Bua Lam Phu, Maha Sarakham, Ubon Ratchathani, Nakhon Ratchasima, Lop Buri, Suphan Buri, Ang Thong, Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani and Nakhon Pathom provinces.

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