Heavy rains flooded Bangkok, flooding roads and drowning vehicles across the Thai capital. Authorities declared the capital a disaster-affected area on September 26, and by September 28 reported that some 329,000 households and 700,000 people had been affected by flash flooding, with major roads turning into rivers. Despite the murky waters, hawkers and shoppers waded through submerged streets to continue daily trade in the markets, while Thailand's cabinet granted special holidays to civil servants and urged residents to avoid travel.

Heavy rains flooded Bangkok, flooding roads and drowning vehicles across the Thai capital. Authorities declared the capital a disaster-affected area on September 26, and by September 28 reported that some 329,000 households and 700,000 people had been affected by flash flooding, with major roads turning into rivers. Despite the murky waters, hawkers and shoppers waded through submerged streets to continue daily trade in the markets, while Thailand's cabinet granted special holidays to civil servants and urged residents to avoid travel.