Bangkok Under Water

Rain starts and does not stop. A low-pressure system parks over the east of the city and keeps feeding more.

Sources: Bangkok Post · The Nation

• 133mm of rain overnight, 30mm more through the day (Khlong Sam Wa, Sai Mai, Min Buri, Lat Krabang) — The Nation
• TMD: heavy rain over 80% of the area through Sep 27; small boats stay ashore — The Nation
• Pathum Thani: red alert — Rangsit canal critical, 28 million m³ of water upstream — The Nation
• Khao Yai park closed Sep 26–27 (landslide risk) — The Nation
• Governor Chadchart: canal-side homes — move belongings up now — The Nation
• BMA pumps at full power: 1,200 m³/s pushed towards the Chao Phraya — The Nation
• 24-hour health watch ordered in flood areas

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-08-hero · 2026-09-25 Bangkok, day 1. Photo: The Nation

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-18-tmd-forecast · 2026-09-25 TMD forecast, issued 11pm Fri: rain over 80% of the area through Sep 27. Photo: The Nation

Nearly 300mm total in Min Buri, Klong Sam Wa and Saphan Sung. Morning briefing from Governor Chadchart:

• All 50 districts disaster zones (backdated to Sep 25) — aid and compensation unlocked — The Standard
• All eastern canals full; pumps can't keep up — Bangkok Post
• Water still flowing in from Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani — Bangkok Post
• 15 main roads flooded; waist-deep at Bang Kapi — Bangkok Post
• Chaeng Watthana Rd: 50–60cm; 37 flooded canal-side points citywide — The Standard
• 9:22am cell broadcast: canal levels critical — move things up, avoid travel — The Nation
• Phetchaburi Rd: canal overflowed onto the road — cars stalled, motorcycles on sidewalks — The Standard
• Rail: Eastern Line closed (8 trains hit); both Red Lines down — The Standard · The Nation
• Airports: Don Mueang taxiway flooded, flights fine; ministry war room set up — The Nation · CAAT advisory — The Nation
• PM Anutin (from London): respond as one team — The Nation
• 10,000 troops sent to flood-hit provinces; Interior + Defence back up the BMA — Bangkok Post · The Standard
• Shops: shelves emptied; Tops opens 24h flood centre; price checks ordered — The Nation · The Nation · price checks — The Nation
• Health: 3,000+ hygiene kits; "paper toilet" advice for flood zones — The Standard
• Shelters at BMA schools; sandbags at district offices — Bangkok Post
• If rain stops: water gone in ~6 hours — Bangkok Post

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-01-prachaniwet-market · 2026-09-26 Prachaniwet 1 market, Chatuchak. Photo: Ananya Moonphen / Bangkok Post

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-02-nawamin-road · 2026-09-26 Nawamin Rd, Bang Kapi. Photo: Lat Phrao police / Bangkok Post

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-03-phahon-yothin · 2026-09-26 Phahon Yothin at Ratchayothin. Photo: Nareerat Wiriyapong / Bangkok Post

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-04-bang-kapi-intersection · 2026-09-26 Bang Kapi intersection, waist-deep. Photo: Lat Phrao police / Bangkok Post

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-05-lat-phrao-41 · 2026-09-26 Lat Phrao 41, Chatuchak. Photo: Charoen Kittikanya / Bangkok Post

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-09-phetchaburi-aerial · 2026-09-26 Phetchaburi Rd near Makkasan–Asok. Photo: Thanis Sutto / THE STANDARD

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-11-phetchaburi-wading · 2026-09-26 Wading out for supplies. Photo: Thanis Sutto / THE STANDARD

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-12-phetchaburi-scene · 2026-09-26 Phetchaburi Rd, day 2. Photo: Thanis Sutto / THE STANDARD

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-13-bangkapi-community · 2026-09-26 Bang Kapi community. Photo: Sawita Poonsatien / THE STANDARD

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-14-bangkapi-high-ground · 2026-09-26 Bang Kapi homes under water. Photo: Sawita Poonsatien / THE STANDARD

• 4 canals still full — pumps failing on Saen Saep; Lat Krabang worst hit: 30,000+ victims — Bangkok Post
• Deep water on streets: 59cm Soi Senanikhom, 54cm Lat Phrao 122, 46.6cm Pattanakan — Bangkok Post
• 5 canals critical; BMA: needs 2–3 rain-free days to drain; city schools closed Mon 28 — The Nation
• BMA fights back: mobile pumps at Phetchaburi–Ekkamai, pusher boats on Khlong Lat Phrao — The Standard
• PM Anutin by boat at Klong Chan flats (6:30pm, 1.5m water) — orders mid-year budget relief, one nationwide standard — The Standard
• GISTDA: rain easing from Sep 28 — The Nation
• Regional: Nakhon Nayok 274mm; ONWR flash-flood warning through Sep 30 — The Nation

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-16-pm-boat-relief · 2026-09-27 PM Anutin hands out relief bags by boat, Klong Chan. Photo: THE STANDARD

• Cabinet declares Sep 28–29 holidays (Bangkok, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan); SET trades on — Bangkok Post · The Nation
• DDPM toll: 8 dead, 174,803 households hit in 25 provinces + 52,000 more in Bangkok — The Nation
• Muang Thong Thani critical — 60cm+, boats in the streets; Nonthaburi declares 4 disaster districts — The Standard
• Samut Prakan: 6 districts disaster zones (rain + high tides) — The Nation
• Recovery uneven: Vibhavadi improving, Bang Kapi still blocks small cars — The Nation
• TMD final warning: system moving away — 1 more day of heavy rain possible — The Nation
• Suvarnabhumi strain: THAI waives change fees, offers full refunds — The Standard · The Standard
• Baggage crisis takes hold: flood-stranded ground staff unable to reach the airport since Sep 26 — THAI also handles bags for partner airlines, so delays spread; 34 flights delayed, 69 air force officers deployed on luggage — Bangkok Post
• TG619, the night from hell: Chengdu passengers pushed to 11pm, parked in a hotel with no updates, airborne 4.50am — then 25 minutes stuck at the gate (no staff to open the door) and 2 hours at the carousel — The Nation
• Toll-free M7/M9/Don Muang Tollway extended to Sep 29 midnight — The Nation
• Food supplies "still secure"; national disaster insurance starts Oct 1 — Bangkok Post · The Nation

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-15-muang-thong-thani · 2026-09-28 Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi — cars submerged, boats out. Photo: THE STANDARD

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-17-market-wading · 2026-09-27 Wading through the market, Klong Chan to Lat Phrao. Photo: THE STANDARD

• Government: floods drain "in a few more days" if no rain returns; city pumping at full 51 million m³/day — Bangkok Post
• 6 roads still impassable to small cars: Ramkhamhaeng 24, Srinagarindra, Nawamin, Lat Phrao 101–Bang Kapi, Suwinthawong, Pattanakan 53 — Bangkok Post
• Deepest water: 1–1.5m at Kheha Khlong Chan (Bang Kapi) and Kheha Romklao (Lat Krabang); ~50,000 victims; garbage polluting stagnant water — Bangkok Post
• Chadchart: 90% of main roads dry in 2 days, low-lying communities up to a week — Lat Krabang and Sai Mai of most concern — Bangkok Post · The Nation
• 155 schools shut pending damage survey — closures in 15 critical districts run Sep 30–Oct 2 — The Nation · THE STANDARD
• Restaurants: sales down as much as 80%; wholesale vegetable prices doubled — The Nation
• THAI CEO Chai Eamsiri, live: "no excuses" — under 3% of flights on time in two days; Bangkok departures cut 30–40%; 72 hours to clear 5,600 stranded bags; load masters the bottleneck (20 of 45 needed) — The Nation
• Evening: 37 more flights scrapped through Thu (London, Frankfurt, Paris, Sydney…) — 59 cancelled and 330 stalled since Sep 26; waiting passengers "looked like zombies" — Bangkok Post · Bangkok Post
• Tourism minister: THAI chief should resign if "unwilling" to fix the baggage delays — The Nation
• Cabinet approves THB165bn Chai Nat–Pa Sak flood-diversion canal, plus THB4bn relief — The Nation
• DDPM orders evacuations in 7 Ratchaburi districts as the Mae Klong River rises; high-tide warning for 8 provinces through Oct 4 — The Nation · The Nation

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-19-suvarnabhumi-luggage · 2026-09-29 Baggage overflows the belts on Suvarnabhumi's second floor. Photo: Nutthawut Wichienbut / Bangkok Post

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-20-khlong-chan-aid · 2026-09-29 Aid reaches Kheha Khlong Chan flats, Bang Kapi. Photo: Friends in Need Volunteers Foundation, Thai Red Cross / Bangkok Post

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-21-bangkapi-market · 2026-09-29 Bang Kapi wet market still trading. Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut / Bangkok Post

• DDPM: 22 dead, 2.6 million affected, 940,000+ households across 29 provinces and Bangkok — Bangkok alone 329,000 households, 4 deaths — Bangkok Post · The Nation
• Water still rising in Pathum Thani, Chon Buri and Ayutthaya; Mae Klong riverside residents told to move belongings up — Bangkok Post
• RID holds back Phetchaburi water (reservoir ~94%); Mae Klong Dam discharge to lift downstream levels 80cm+ in Ratchaburi, Kanchanaburi, Samut Songkhram, Samut Sakhon — Bangkok Post
• PM Anutin under fire: Klong Chan flats cut off without power, food or aid — residents shouted criticism from balconies on his return; experts say the BMA underestimated the rain and many pumps were out of order — Bangkok Post
• THAI suspends Suvarnabhumi cargo intake for 7 days — overflowing freight was blocking baggage equipment — The Nation

• DDPM (6am): 24 dead, 3.35 million affected — 1.17 million households across 30 provinces and Bangkok; water still rising in much of central and eastern Thailand, Bangkok stable at 329,000 households — The Nation
• Water down to 5–40cm on the remaining flooded roads in northern and eastern Bangkok — Bangkok Post
• Afternoon: TMD radar spots storm cells at 2.40pm; by 4pm rain is falling in 14 districts — Phasi Charoen logs the day's max, 49mm — THE STANDARD
• Hail on Ratchadaphisek, Lat Phrao and Chok Chai 4 around 4pm; a big rain band sits over central Bangkok through 9pm and wrecks the evening commute — Bangkok Post · THE STANDARD
• Blame game: People's Party leader says warnings came too late and the response failed; PM defends handing out cash in Sai Mai after his Facebook live sparks debate — Bangkok Post · Bangkok Post
• FTI: at least ฿1 billion in flood damage to industries — Bangkok Post
• Expert Seree Supratid: no heavy rain for ~10 days, but the Chao Phraya basin must brace for northern runoff — Bangkok Post

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-22-hail-chatuchak · 2026-10-01 Hail on the pavement, Chatuchak. Photo: Puriward Sinthopnumchai / Bangkok Post

2026-0926-bangkok-flood-23-hail-storm · 2026-10-01 The storm at full tilt. Photo: Puriward Sinthopnumchai / Bangkok Post

• THAI board fires CEO Chai Eamsiri over the flight and baggage chaos — plus a separate probe into 860,000 bottles of wine (฿800M+) bought from a single vendor; Samrit Samniang steps in as acting CEO — Bangkok Post · The Nation
• THAI scraps 24 more flights Oct 1–2 to clear 10,000+ delayed bags; normal schedules resume Sat Oct 3, with baggage claims moved to a new building — Bangkok Post · Bangkok Post
• Transport ministry pledges compensation for delayed flights and bags under the air-carriage law — Bangkok Post
• Chai Nat: sandbag embankment collapses overnight — 500+ homes flooded in Sapphaya, water up to 1.6m in a single night — Bangkok Post
• DDPM warns Bangkok and 10 provinces: Chao Phraya Dam releases of 2,200–2,500 m³/s will lift riverside levels 40–70cm outside flood barriers — The Nation

• Water in all four main canals finally falling — Khlong Lat Phrao up slightly after Pathum Thani discharged into it; Phraya Suree sluice gates opened from 10 to 20cm to speed drainage — Bangkok Post
• BMA races to drain Saphan Sung and Lat Krabang before rain returns Oct 5–8 — extra pumps and a 100m flood barrier at Kheha Romklao — Bangkok Post
• 13 Bangkok districts at heavy-rain risk Oct 3–4; PM tells 76 provinces to prepare for Oct 4–5 rain — The Nation · The Nation
• Central Plains and Chao Phraya riverside warned: heavy rain Oct 11–14, up to 100mm before it moves south — Bangkok Post
• Expert: no repeat of 2011 — Nakhon Sawan runoff totals 4.3bn m³ this year — The Nation
• Food prices climb: vegetables up ฿10–15/kg, eggs up ฿6–10 a tray as floods hit farms and transport — The Nation

• Overnight rain 1–3am: ~50mm average, almost 100mm in Sai Mai — but the main canals (Saen Saep, Prawet Burirom, Prem Prachakorn) fall to near-normal — The Nation
• RID keeps Chao Phraya Dam releases at 2,500 m³/s, says city embankments will hold; riverside areas outside barriers still watched — The Nation
• Governor Chadchart: recovery phase has begun; ~30mm forecast rain is "not a cause for serious concern" — a repeat of the 300mm three-day event is unlikely — Thairath
• Trash piles up where water receded; BMA collects waste with the Ministry of Defence — Thairath

• Nationwide since mid-September: 60 dead, flooding ongoing in 27 of 77 provinces; Bangkok largely receded, 4 dead, citywide cleanup underway — CNA
• Prachin Buri hit hardest: 19 dead, 188,000+ affected, 7 districts under water — CNA
• Chadchart warns Bangkok still vulnerable — canals and retention areas full, so rain the city could normally absorb (60–70mm) may flood again faster; Oct 10–13 rain ahead — The Nation

• BMA ends the disaster declaration in 42 of 50 districts (notice dated Oct 9); eight eastern districts remain: Khlong Sam Wa, Bueng Kum, Prawet, Min Buri, Lat Krabang, Saphan Sung, Sai Mai, Nong Chok — Thairath
• Water still in 97 communities across six eastern districts after two rain-free days; more rain 4pm Oct 10 – 4am Oct 11 (40–50mm) — The Nation
• DDPM nationwide: 3.16M people / 1.14M households affected across 21 provinces + Bangkok, 53 dead (Prachin Buri 23, Samut Prakan 9, Bangkok 4); Bangkok: 329,000 households — The Nation