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To date, evacuation orders have affected 15 of Bangkok's 50 districts.
Eleven Bangkok districts have now been ordered to evacuate in full.
The price of chilli is red-hot, spiking to as high as RM24 (S$9.76) per kilo in some parts of Malaysia.
The death toll from Thailand's worst floods in decades jumped above 500 on Sunday as the seemingly unstoppable waters crept deeper into Bangkok, swamping main roads and threatening the city centre. The overflow reached many zones in the capital leading to possible evacuation orders.
Thai PM said the government has set aside an initial S$4 billion to restore homes and government offices damaged by flooding.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) yesterday ordered the evacuation of residents of Soi Charansanidwong 13 in Bangkok Yai district's Tha Phra sub-district; and in the Khlong Kwang, Bang Waek, Bang Duan and Bang Chak sub-districts of Phasi Charoen district, due to flooding.
The promise that the 20 districts in Bangkok which remain dry would not flood was now hardly credible, according to a lecturer from King Mongkut Institute of Technology Lat Krabang with expertise in water and flood management.
The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) is using 1,200 gabions - soil-filled cylindrical objects that function somewhat like sandbags - to repair the breached Bang Chomsri sluice gate in Sing Buri, the department's Water Monitoring Analysis Centre said yesterday.
Not quite as cute as the name implies and certainly not a toy for kids, the FloodDuck could save some lives during the current crisis.
Thais struggling to make sense of the kingdom's deadly flood crisis are turning to social media like never before, spurred by confusing official information about the disaster, observers say.
In its latest update, MFA said several districts in Thai capital could be flooded by early Sunday morning.
Flood water is now closing in on Bangkok's inner zone, the most protected area.
The famous Chatuchak Weekend Market remained dry but flood water is getting very close to the area.
Police have been deployed along sensitive spots of the Waterworks Canal to protect them from possible destruction by angry flood victims.
The fuel adjustment tariff will be extended at its current rate for all or part of next year to help flood victims.
Many golf courses and apartments have allegedly been illegally built on canals.
A pair of torn camouflage pants were found containing a decomposing human thigh.
The water level in the wildlife park put tens of thousands of animals at the open zoo - many of them valuable rare species - in danger.
Airport officials 'highly confident' barriers will keep flood water at bay.
Death toll is an increase of 42 from the figure reported a day earlier.
The protesters managed to destroy the embankment and drove workers and backhoe excavators out of the area.
Floods are worsening in the capital with more areas submerged and more roads becoming impassable to traffic.
The inmates were sent to help repair a four-kilometre-long embankment.
Thai inflation edged up in October, government data showed Tuesday, as the country's worst flooding in decades caused widespread damage to farmland and forced food prices higher.
Bangkok authorities insisted on Tuesday they could not ease the flooding crisis for everyone in the city, as anger and misery grew in inundated areas over the lack of assistance from officials.
The area of Bangkok that experienced rainfall fell to 10 per cent yesterday, while 70-80 per cent of the Southern region saw rain, and morning temperatures dropped in the North and Northeast in the morning.
The flood coursing through the Waterworks Canal in Bangkok's Bang Sue district has been shown to be among the filthiest in the country.
The detainees - unregistered workers seeking to return home because of flooding in and around Bangkok - have complained about lack of food and water, as well as overcrowding.
Western Bangkok looks set to bear the brunt of the flooding as run-off water from upstream continues to enter the capital.
The premier said a critical mass of water had already been diverted away from the capital, while the governor feared another 'wave' would hit the western part of the city.
Suvarnabhumi Airport places high confidence in its flood-prevention scheme, with the 3.5-metre-high and 37-metre wide earthern dyke and sheet piles to slow the currents as well as other preventive measures.
MFA also calls on Singaporeans to defer 'non-essential travel to Bangkok'.
The embassy would provide shelter to Malaysians affected by the flood.
Popular weekend market, Chatuchak, is also at risk of being flooded.
Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) warned Singaporeans not to travel to Bangkok unless "absolutely necessary".
Singaporeans in Bangkok who have registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) are safe, said the ministry.
Key tourist destinations in Thailand have not been affected by the current floods plaguing the country, assures the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) here.
Thailand's tourism industry will slow down in the final quarter and arrivals from key markets will drop by 10 per cent if the problem of flooding is not solved soon
