"On some days, the floodwater level rises above one metre. Worse still, the floodwater is now starting to give off a foul smell," a resident at the Rongsee community in Yannawa district told Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin, who came to visit flood victims.

Apirak explained to them that about 40 of 100 families in the community had encroached on the banks of the Chao Phya River and made it impossible to build a concrete embankment wall, which would have protected the community against flooding.

As of yesterday, the water level in the Chao Phya in Bangkok stood at 2.12 metres above sea level.

Apirak said if those families agreed to relocate, a three-metre embankment wall would be built as a long-term solution.

In the short term, Yannawa District Office has provided wooden beds, pedestrian wooden bridges and medicines to the flood victims.

Many people in the flooded community have been suffering from athlete's foot.

In Pathum Thani, heavy downpours yesterday led to flooding in most communities in Muang Rangsit Municipality's area. In Rangsit Market and a nearby village, the floodwater measured up to 70 centimetres deep. Many major shops were submerged.

To tackle the problem, the municipality swiftly erected a sandbag wall along the overflowing Rangsit Prayoonsak Canal and turned on pumps to drain the floodwater.

In Nonthaburi, Interior Minister Aree Wong-araya and Nonthaburi Deputy Governor Vichien Puthiwinyu visited and handed out relief items to flood victims at Koh Kret community.

Meanwhile, Nonthaburi Deputy Governor Pichet Paiboonsiri visited the Bang Krai Temple, where floodwater has reached 80 centimetres.

On Tuesday, the temple erected a board complaining that no authority had come to provide the temple with assistance.