PROPERTY FOCUS
Better safe than sorry
For people who don’t want to move from flood-prone areas, self-protection is the key.
- Published: 14 Nov 2012 at 17.12
- Online news: News
The severe floods of October 2011 shook many people’s confidence and sense of security, but even in flood-prone areas, surveys in the past year have shown that most people would rather stay put than go to the trouble of finding new homes.
As they watched the government’s muddled flood response strategy repeat itself this year, most people have concluded that they need to protect themselves from future floods rather than count on the government to help.
Photo by Rattaseema Pongsan
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