Two-thirds of Thailand is flooded by monsoon rains. The disaster has broken more than 200 roads and left 27 provinces under water. This is the country’s worst flooding in the last 50 years that has reached Bangkok.
Recent flooding in Thailand caused a local Honda factory to become almost entirely submerged under water. Hopefully all of the windows were closed on those waterlogged cars.
Apparently flooding can turn people to drinking beer, or they are all alcoholics and can’t even ride out a storm without some liquid courage. These men and women, mostly men, prove that a little set back like a flood does not stop them from pursuing their drunken stupors.
The Red River is approaching record flood levels. Flowing north toward Manitoba along the Minnesota-North Dakota border, the river is jammed up by ice and is being fed by rain, snow and melt water. Cold temperatures are hampering efforts, freezing damp sandbags and making the job much more strenuous for volunteers. 800 more National Guard troops and 150 Red Cross personnel arrived in the area this weekend.