Misery lingers for Bangkok's 'forgotten' flood victims
- Published: 27/11/2011 at 10:32 AM
- Online news: Asia
When the floods came, water gushed into Arunee Ninkaew's Bangkok home through the pipes and through gaps in the tiled floor. A month later it is still there, now a putrid grey breeding ground for insects.
Local residents push their boat through floodwaters during floods at Baan Wang Thong Village in Bangkok. Thailand's worst floods in half a century devastated vast areas of the kingdom and have left more than 600 people dead.
Weeks of living above the stagnant, foul-smelling floodwater, crammed into a single upstairs room with her diabetic husband, elderly mother-in-law and grandson, have left her in despair.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
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