Hundreds of South Korean tourists traveling to and from Bangkok were stranded at the airport after heavy rain flooded parts of the Thai capital. Hundreds of Koreans waiting to board Thai Airways flights spent more than 10 hours at Suvarnabhumi Airport starting the night of Sept. 27. Some airline crew members could not get to work on time because of the flooding, causing a string of flight delays beginning Sept. 27.
More than 330 millimeters of rain fell on the Bangkok area between Sept. 24 and Sept. 27, flooding parts of the city, the Thai government said on the 28th, local time. Bangkok authorities estimated that 52,000 households were affected by the flooding.
A body believed to be that of a South Korean man who went missing in floodwaters in the Nong Prue area near Pattaya, in the central province of Chonburi, on Sept. 24 was found around 6 p.m. on Sept. 27, three days later, according to the Pattaya Mail. An official at the South Korean Embassy in Thailand said a body believed to be that of the missing South Korean had been found but that the exact identity had not yet been confirmed.
The Thai government said eight people have died in flooding across the country since Sept. 16 and declared Bangkok, along with Nonthaburi and Samut Prakan provinces, disaster areas.
