Thailand flood crisis deepens

Thailand’s floods encroached deeper into the capital Bangkok yesterday, swamping a major intersection in the northern edge of the city centre and threatening the subway system.

The water from the country’s worst flooding in more than half a century was filling Bangkok’s Lad Phrao intersection, where three major roads meet.

Office towers, condominiums and a popular shopping mall are in the area, where local media say the water is 15in deep. The intersection is just down the street from the famed Chatuchak Weekend Market, a key tourist attraction. Steel barriers have been put around the underground stations in recent weeks.