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Quick-to-build floodwalls
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/02/2012
» Geotextile big-bag walls used in the US & Iraq are a proven technology that may protect Thailand's industrial estates in the future.
Bangkok Post's "Person of the Year"
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/12/2011
» If you were a volunteer, the Person of the Year is you! – and the thousands of others who gave their time to help others during the year's natural disasters.
Flood-damaged air force base
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/12/2011
» Repairs to sunken Don Mueang air force base & planes to take 95% of 12.28-billion-baht military budget.
Bring out the pumps (Sunday update)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/11/2011
» Fed-up residents of Muang Ake housing estate and other heavily inundated Bangkok communities have renewed hope as a government pumping operation begins today.
Canals of Bangkok's past: Where did they go?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/11/2011
» When the canals died, the flooding once briefly endured, became a monster out of control.
Big bag conflict continues
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/11/2011
» Unable to win the prime ministers approval for allowing the release of water through the big bag barrier, Don Muang residents have done the job themselves.
Residents angry over "big bag" barrier
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 13/11/2011
» The big bag (sandbag) barrier in northern Bangkok has been credited with saving the inner city from flooding, but it has left residents in the outer city under water, prompting protests.
Floods: Unpaid foreign workers
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/11/2011
» Lost jobs when floods hit, may never get back wages employers kept. Lack of labour rights made them cheaper for some employers.
Bangkok governor gets his pumps; flooding widens
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/11/2011
» Relations between the BMA and the national government have improved after the governor's requests for more pumps and better drainage were granted. Meanwhile, the flood situation has worsened.
Flood situation worsens as crisis becomes political
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/11/2011
» Flood waters continue to move deeper into Bangkok as the city and national governments just can't seem to fully cooperate with each other.