Thai Airways Airbus A300 airplanes sit parked on the flooded tarmac at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, on October 26, 2011. The planes' landing gear has been wrapped in protective plastic. (Reuters/Bazuki Muhammad)
[CBC NEWS] Thailand's prime minister warned on Tuesday that Bangkok could be swamped by up to 1.5 metres of water if flood walls fail.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra warned in a televised address that in a worst-case scenario, the enormous pressure of floodwaters pushing downstream into the city could combine with monthly high tides this coming Friday and Saturday to overwhelm recently reinforced flood walls and embankments protecting the city.
She said that could result in flooding of up to 1.5 metres in low-lying areas of the capital.
Bangkok Gov. Suhumbhand Paribatra said the capital cannot escape flooding and warned residents of 13 districts along the Chao Phraya river, the city's biggest waterway, to be prepared.
Earlier, advancing floodwaters breached barriers protecting Bangkok's second airport Tuesday, halting commercial flights at a complex that also houses the country's flood relief headquarters and thousands of displaced people.
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