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Floodwaters crept into inner Bangkok on Monday, disrupting the Thai capital's public transport systems.
Bangkok residents struggled to keep their routines, as water swamped Sapan Kway, a 20-minute drive from the city's business centre.
Bangkok's mass transportation authorities announced the suspension of bus services in the flooded areas, and used military trucks to transport people instead.
Thai authorities have been trying to block massive surges of floodwaters from entering the inner city from the north, east and west of the capital.
The latest plan involves stacking 6,000 sandbags along the outer ring of northern Bangkok to stop water from entering a canal that runs into the centre of the capital city.
The government says 506 people have been killed, and 25 of the country's 77 provinces are currently affected.
