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Thousands evacuated amid Bangkok floods
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- Sep 27, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC
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Capital and largest city of Thailand
Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and largest city of Thailand. The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 9.1 million people as of 2024, 15.9% of the country's population. Over 17.4 million people live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region as of the 2021 estimate, making Bangkok a megacity and an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy.
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Nearly 4,900 people have been evacuated, with around 52,000 households affected by the floods, which prompted a disaster declaration.
Bangkok declares disaster after days of heavy rain leave homes underwater, roads submerged and thousands evacuated to emergency shelters.