Bangkok declared a disaster zone: all 50 districts flooded after nearly 300 mm of rain in two days
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RussiaMoscow is gauging the flooding of Bangkok in terms of its own tourists, between cancelled excursions and an expected decrease by the end of the week.
What each one tells
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AustraliaCanberra links the floods in Bangkok to the storm that hit New York and Boston the same weekend, seeing it as a sign of a global meteorological season out of the norm rather than an isolated Thai crisis.
- Russia
Russian tourist
the narrative gives significant attention to the consequences for Russian travelers, via the Russian Association of Tour Operators.
Regional thematic association
the article places the Bangkok flooding in the wake of the Nepalese catastrophe in August, without establishing a causal link between the two events.
What the account puts first
AustraliaGlobal weather
the article links the Bangkok floods to the American storm of the same weekend, placing the Thai disaster in a global sequence rather than in its sole national context.
Capital-centered
the disaster declaration covers the entire Bangkok area even though not all its zones were flooded, with no equivalent detail on the also affected provinces.
- Russia
Reliance on Western agency
the announcement of the state of catastrophe is reported via the AFP agency rather than through a direct Thai source.
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Russia onlyAustraliathis perspective does not carry this information
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Pumping rate in Bangkok
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three deaths in total: two in the province of Chanthaburi (one monk swept away by a landslide, one person in the sinking of a fishing boat) and an additional death in Bangkok reported by the daily Matichon
Human toll of floods in Thailand
number of deaths
only one reports itthis press does not report this figure