The Prime Minister urged Bangkok residents to get ready to move their belongings to higher ground as the country's worst floods in 50 years began seeping into the capital's outer districts yesterday.
The government has opened several key floodgates in a risky move to let built-up water flow through the city's canals towards the sea. But it is not known how much the canals will overflow.
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