The great flood of 2012 in Thailand

During several months of 2012, the region north of Bangkok and a large portion of the city was under the most catastrophic floods ever seen here. All images © roland neveu.

In the area of Payonyothin and Latprao roads, commuting in water clogs major street is time consuming. Althought the underground and the elevated trains sysms are still working, once you get at the stations, the hardship starts. Waiting for a ride home.

Bangkok, within the city , the water is creeping closer to heart of town.

Food distribution by the Thai Army to the victims of the floods. People who have stayed in their submerged houses are getting little access to food as they have to reach the distributions points. A man reach over the wall of his house to collect the food bags.

Pathum Thani is an industrial area North of Bangkok and It’s main road is flooded. It’s bordered on its South by the Rangsit canal along which a 20+ km sandbag wall was build to stop the water going to Bangkok.

On the north side of Bangkok, along the main highway in Rangsit. A submerged local market and people going about in boats.

Fllooded neighborhood of Bang Phlat and Taling Chan on the western side of the Chaopraya river. Distribution of Food supplies and water from an Thai army truck. Distirbution of food at a crossroad in Thonburi.

A young woman gors back to her house in flooded Thonburi side of the city after a night out.

In the Bangkok Noi area of Thonburi (Western Bangkok) the Thai Army is helping carrying people with small military boats

In Rangsit area, this family who’s house is under 10 feet of water in the Muang Ake village/golf course, has decide to stay on a foot path above the flooded street and just below the expressay north of Bangkok

Fllooded neighborhood of Bang Phlat and Taling Chan on the western side of the Chaopraya river. Distribution of Food supplies and water from an Thai army truck. A thai soldiers hands bags of foods to residents in Taling Chan and get a smile in return.

Along the road to Nakorn Nayok and the important Rangsit canal. Off the highway, the boat is king (photo though the splashed windscreen)

The Central Latprao Junction. The largest traffic circle of the northern part of Bnagkok getting by the water.

The Central Latprao Junction. The largest traffic circle of the northern part of Bnagkok getting by the water. Over Payonyothin road as the night come in.

Along the road to Nakorn Nayok and the important Rangsit canal. Off the highway, the boat is king. In part the water is getting really murky.

Fllooded neighborhood of Bang Phlat and Taling Chan on the western side of the Chaopraya river. Distribution of Food supplies and water from an Thai army truck. A man is all smile after getting his share of supllies.

Boating your way in a city usually awashed with cars…Payonyothin road near Chatuchak, below the elevated train station.

Fllooded neighborhood of Bang Phlat and Taling Chan on the western side of the Chaopraya river. Distribution of Food supplies and water from an Thai army truck. Paddling you way on a main thouroughfare of Taling Chan in Western Bangkok.

Fllooded neighborhood of Bang Phlat and Taling Chan on the western side of the Chaopraya river. Distribution of Food supplies and water from an Thai army truck. The new adhoc transport sysm in the flood area using a flatbed trailer.

A buddhist monk on his way to his temple on a flooded street of Thonburin the Bang Phlat neighborhood

Life in the water with people moving about in their community, in short adopting a new lifestyle. Morning meet on the way to work at the end of their street where they used to get in a bus.

At the Don Muang domestic airport of Bangkok. In the maintenance area of the airport , submerged cars by a parking and planes deep in water.

Life in the water with people moving about in their community, in short adopting a new lifestyle. A young woman alight from a makeshift raft on her way to work.

The main avenue of northern Bangkok are transformed as rivers. Traffic is made of trucks, somes buses and boats. As night fall on Payonyothine avenue.

Shopping in depleted convenient store in Bangkok. Resupply of many food items has lapse in numerous shops of the city.

The Central Latprao Junction. The largest traffic circle of the northern part of Bnagkok getting by the water. Over Payonyothin road as the night come in.

Fllooded neighborhood of Bang Phlat and Taling Chan on the western side of the Chaopraya river. Distribution of Food supplies and water from an Thai army truck. A soldier feed a group of abandoned dogs living on an elelvated shelter.

Fllooded neighborhood of Bang Phlat and Taling Chan on the western side of the Chaopraya river. Distribution of Food supplies and water from an Thai army truck

Food distribution by the Thai Army to the victims of the floods. People who have stayed in their submerged houses are getting little access to food as they have to reach the distributions points. This woman ‘wai’ in return for the food (a ‘wai” in Thailand is like a thank you with respect)

A family trail their belonging in the night, on a makeshift raft. They are travelling along a major road of this area about 25 km from Bangkok

Along the road to Nakorn Nayok and the important Rangsit canal. at a watergate of the eastern part of the canal, the water is pumped out to be diverted to an estern going canal connection to river and the sea. Extra heavy duty pumps are just starting to operate.

On the north side of Bangkok, along the main highway in Rangsit. People in boats on the highway.