More help from abroad

Japanese firm J-Power Generation (Thailand) yesterday donated more than 30 pumps with drainage capacity of 240 tonnes of water per hour (TPH) and 100 pumps with capacity of 11 TPH, along with an unknown number of power generators, at a ceremony at the interim government flood-relief centre.

Forty foreign members of Bangkok-based charity CRU, meanwhile, brought relief supplies along with six rubber boats to help relief distribution at Muang Ek housing estate in northern Bangok.

The US Embassy has also donated eight rubber boats and 100 life vests to the Royal Thai Police.