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
opposition
ThailandBangkok is orchestrating an emergency command chain, from Governor Chadchart Sittipunt to Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who is piloting it by video conference from London, to justify the unprecedented declaration of the 50 affected districts.
- 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
ThailandInstitutional framework
the narrative highlights the government chain of command, even detailing the Prime Minister's coordination via video conference from abroad.
Omission of the human toll
the article on impassable roads details water levels street by street without mentioning any victims.
- 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.
What it leans on
ThailandReliance on official communication
the alert issued by the authorities is reproduced verbatim as the primary source of the narrative.
and the figures
this press does not report this figure
Pumping rate in Bangkok
cubic meters per second (m³/s)
only one reports itaround 1,200 cubic meters of water per second
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