Thai authorities repair damaged flood gate

The authorities in Bangkok have finished repairs on a damaged flood gate. The city’s governor warns hundreds of thousands of people are at risk if water breaches the gate. The floodgate was heavily guarded after residents of the northeastern Bangkok suburb of Sam Wa took matters into their own hands last Sunday and hacked away at the side of a canal flood gate, aiming to let the water flow out of their area towards the city centre. The central government has previously ordered authorities to open the floodgate, but they are at odds with the city government which is ruled by the main opposition and former ruling Democrat party.