Thailand calls holiday to allow escape from floods

2011/10/25 10:43:48 @Reuters: World News

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand announced a five-day holiday on Tuesday to give people the chance to escape floods closing in on Bangkok as the prime minister warned that the capital could face an inundation of 1.5 meters (nearly five feet) of water if barriers collapsed.
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