More than 250 people have now been killed in the monsoon floods that have been affecting Thailand for the last two months. Twenty-eight provinces have suffered, and more than two million people have had their lives disrupted.
These are said to be the worst floods in half a century, and the Prime Minister has warned that parts of Bangkok will soon be under water. In some areas, people have been told to beware of crocodiles which have escaped from farms.
Last year saw monsoon floods across 38 provinces of Thailand, and more than 230 people were drowned, while millions more lost their homes and their livelihoods.
This years’s floods have also killed 167 people in Cambodia, and another 40 in Vietnam and Laos.
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