BANGKOK — Authorities in Thailand have declared all 50 districts of Bangkok public disaster zones after persistent torrential rainfall submerged major thoroughfares, crippled transport routes, and inundated residential neighborhoods across the capital.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), led by Governor Chadchart Sittipunt, expanded emergency measures citywide following nearly 300 millimetres of rainfall over a 48-hour window. The extraordinary volume of water severely tested the city’s drainage infrastructure and pushed municipal canal capacities past their limit.

The disaster declaration under Thailand’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Act allows city officials and emergency services to deploy resources rapidly, open municipal schools as temporary shelters, and assist vulnerable populations, including bedridden patients.

The Thai Meteorological Department warned that an active low-pressure system moving along a monsoon trough will continue to generate heavy to very heavy rainfall across central Thailand, urging commuters to avoid unnecessary travel as severe waterlogging persists across major arterial roads.

Source: Social media update from Human World on Facebook, verified against official updates from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and disaster management reports.

— The Malaysia Times