Plan Thailand rejste med båd, lastbil og brandbil for at uddele 900 nødhjælps kits til oversvømmelsesramte familier i Bangpa-in distriktet i Ayttaya provinsen, den 22. October. Læs den første del af deres oplevelser her.
“Our journey today is going to be rough because the water level is going to be about 1 metre and we have the trucks to transport these relief kits to the area,” said Sunan Samrianrum, Plan Thailand’s acting country director, before the trip.
Spirits were high among the 20 or so staff and volunteers as the 60-kilometre journey began. Yet while the roads around central Bangkok were bone dry, it wasn’t long before the trucks were sloshing through water. In Rangsit, just north of Bangkok, the roads were badly flooded and scores of cars had been abandoned.
As the trucks pushed through Pathum Thani province to Ayutthaya, the extent of the flooding became increasingly visible. Roads had turned into glistening rivers; streets were like canals.
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