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"The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is preparing to handle floods in the capital resulting from storms that have brought torrential rain to the Central, East and South of the city.
Many neighbourhoods in Bangkok stand a high chance of being flooded, including the tourist and residential area of Sukhumvit."
Like the UK, Thailand has been experiencing some weird weather lately.
In October 2006, rain brought by the south-west monsoon was heavier than normal and did more than ruin holidays. Streets in the Sukhumvit area of Bangkok were badly flooded.
Image shared by Flickr user Lady Ema under a creative commons licence
The photo below shows people being transported to a bus by canoe because of the flooding.
Image: © Jean-Leo Dugast / Still Pictures
What different people are affected by the rising water?
Who would be affected the most?
Using the Climate Change: Populations at risk from cyclones and rising seas interactive or use the Word version just showing Thailand and the fact sheet Climate Crisis? to answer the following question:
Is flooding going be greater problem in the future for Thailand and Bangkok?