Flooding in Bangkok- Disaster zoner declared following heavy rain.

A disaster zone has been declared across all of Bangkok following heavy rain and widespread flooding. Streets across Thailand's capital have been inundated with water, more than a metre high in some places. The city has experienced 24 hours of continuous downpours. It's forced the cancellation of public transport services in many areas. Well, for more, we can talk to Tony Jang, who joins us live from the Thai capital. Tony, the authorities have declared a disaster across most of the city. How bad is it? Well, all of the city at this stage, and this is just one of the major streets, Pepari Road in Bangkok, that you can see behind me. It's pretty clear now. There are a couple of vehicles still stuck. There are a few more just down this way. But this is normally one of the main thoroughfares in this city. Just over down this way, about a kilometre down the road, is Sukhumvit Road, which is the main artery through the Thai capital. Now that still remains above water at this stage, but the real concern is that these waters are going to rise further, and it continues to rain. We've got rain forecast at least until the end of today. People are moving through. We've seen alerts on our phones saying that those people live close to the Klongs, which are the many canals that thread through Bangkok and are supposed to divert floodwaters away into the Gulf of Thailand. But anyone living in proximity to those is being advised to lift their possessions up to higher ground. We've seen quite a lot of pickup trucks moving through these areas with possessions on the back. That's a real concern. I think the other people in Bangkok are being advised at this stage by the government just to stay at home. A few are coming out. We've even seen some kids playing in the floodwaters. But this is a real concern for this city of 18 million people. I think at this stage, they're just hoping that the rain stops soon. And Tony, as you're speaking, we're looking at pictures of all the flood areas across Bangkok. Southeast Asia regularly deals with monsoon seasons, though in theory should be used to heavy rain. So how prepared is the response to this flooding being? They are. And Bangkok is no stranger to heavy rain. But what usually happens is we get heavy downpours for a couple of hours. Then you'll see the streets often like this, but it'll subside. It'll wash, it'll flow away into the drains and it'll be gone. And it'll often only happen in isolated areas too. What's happening here is this is happening all across the city. This rain, this is not flash flood type of situation. This is persistent heavy rain. It's been going on since Thursday evening and it shows no sign of letting up. And that's a real problem because the drainage system, which is already filled to maximum, there's nowhere for this water to go. We have seen floods in Bangkok before in 2011. There were very heavy floods that hit the north of the city as waters washed down from the north of the country and then hit the capital city. But again, that was relatively isolated. It was very bad in some areas, waters up to waist height. But this is happening all over the city at the moment. It doesn't seem to be targeting particular areas. And again, that's a concern for the authorities. They're facing real problems. They're trying to advise those people who are bedridden to call for help. They're trying to get those people to places where they can get medical attention. They're preparing evacuation centers where people who can go from houses that have already been inundated and find safety and a dry place to sleep for the night. But again, if this spreads further, if we continue to see these waters rise and we understand there are heavy waters coming down from the north in the Chao Phraya River, that's a real worry. Tony in Bangkok, thank you.