By IANS,
Bangkok : Thailand’s worst floods have left 506 people dead, authorities said Sunday.
Flooding has receded in some upstream provinces but still prevails in 25 regions in northeastern and central regions including the capital Bangkok, affecting 3.2 million people, reports Xinhua.
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said 13 out of 50 districts in Bangkok have been swamped, putting the inner city at the risk of being flooded.
Some 11,000 evacuees have moved into shelters across the city.
The country’s worst floods have continued since late July, affecting more than 9.4 million in 64 flood-stricken provinces or over four-fifths of the whole nation.
Tens of thousands of factories have been inundated, leaving over 600,000 people on the risk of loosing their jobs.