Over the next few days, a deluge of water is going to hit Bangkok and will combine with high tides and more rain. It's worse than a 1 in 50 year event. The tide hits its peak between October 15 and 17. What does this mean for operations at the international airport at Bangkok: Suvarnabhumi Airport?
International media have been rather quiet so far, but in Thailand itself, various stories exist about digging new canals and installing hundreds of water pumps to pump out water to the sea.
Not sure if there is enough time for that now.
Authorities in Samut Prakan are reportedly "directing water from canals and catchment areas in Muang district to estuaries to minimise the risk of Suvarnabhumi Airport flooding". I think that means its going to be gumboots time.
Bloomberg are reporting:
Thailand Bolsters Flood Defenses as Deluge Threatens Bangkok
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered authorities in Bangkok to bolster flood defenses as the nation’s worst deluge in more than 50 years threatens to inundate the capital over the next few days.
At least 269 people have been killed and 2.4 million displaced as a result of the seasonal monsoon rains that have hit the country since July 25, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said on its website today. About 30 of Thailand’s 77 provinces remain underwater, the agency said.
Floodwaters that shut down factories operated by Honda Motor Co., Nikon Corp. and Canon Inc. over the weekend will reach Bangkok later this week
. . . . “We have to admit that this is more serious than in the past,” Yingluck said Oct. 7 in a nationally televised address. . . . .
High tides that are expected between Oct. 15 and Oct. 17 may exacerbate flooding in the capital, Yingluck said yesterday.
Anyone with knowledge of how Suvarnabhumi Airport is going to fare?