Bangkok Will Escape Flooding as Barriers Hold, Yingluck Says
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Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Bangkok will be spared from floods that have killed almost 300 people and devastated areas north of the capital after defenses on the Chao Phraya river were bolstered.
“The impact to Bangkok will only be in the area outside the flood barrier,” Yingluck told reporters today at the city’s national flood center. Water levels in provinces north of the city have “started to stabilize,” she said.