Waking up last Wednesday, I was surprised to see pictures of flooding on the Facebook page of my friend, whose house is not far from my place. I live on the eighth floor of a condo so I had no clue there was flooding in my neighbourhood, though it had been raining heavily when I went to bed.
In a way, it was a relief to wake up to find news other than Covid-19 grabbing my attention. Pandemic anxiety has dominated our thoughts so completely that some of us have forgotten that we’re close to the peak of the rainy season — and that usually means floods.
Heavy rainfall and flooding hit 10 provinces last week, affecting 320,000 people, mostly in central areas of the country, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. The biggest impact was seen at Bangpoo Industrial Estate in Samut Prakan. The entire estate was under about one metre of water,…
