BANGKOK (Reuters) – City workers and soldiers raced to finish defensive walls around inner Bangkok on Thursday as floodwater that has covered about a third of Thailand threatened the capital. A traffic policeman directs traffic along a flooded street in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok October 12, 2011. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom) After a meeting with ministers, army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha told reporters that flood barriers in three vulnerable locations had almost been completed. “We talked about evacuation plans to help people living near the Chao Phraya river. If there’s an emergency, we’re ready to act,” he said. “The…
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