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13 March 2012

12 March 2012

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Abandoned aircraft sit on flooded tarmac at the Don Muang domestic airport which has been closed for weeks due to the extreme flooding in the area in Bangkok. Over seven major industrial parks in Bangkok and thousands of factories have been closed in central Thailand, province of Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi, with millions of tons of rice damaged. Thailand is experiencing the worst flooding in over 50 years which has affected more than nine million people.

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