BANGKOK — Thousands of Thai soldiers and volunteers worked Wednesday to strengthen Bangkok’s flood defenses as water surged to the edges of the city, two days after officials proclaimed that the worst was over.
The governor of Bangkok, Sukhumbhand Paribatra, called for more than 1 million additional sandbags to be filled and warned that seven districts in northern and eastern Bangkok were at risk. His warning contrasted with earlier remarks by government officials that the flooding threat to the city had eased.
Thailand is experiencing its worst flooding in half a century. As rivers and streams have filled to overflowing with heavy seasonal rains, operators of dams have been forced to release water downstream. Floodwaters have inundated some northern cities, forcing tens of thousands from their homes and taking the lives of more than 300 people.
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