The Rising Danger of Urban Floods
Several decades ago, Keyes Beech, an American journalist based in Bangkok, famously had the legs of his grand piano stuck into two sets of Wellington boots, so that when the water rose inevitably in his house, the rubber footwear protected his piano.
The water could well be above Beech’s boots today. He would be alarmed at the flooding that has made high…
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