Thai PM cancels overseas trips due to flood

Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra cancelled trips to Malaysia and Singapore, earlier scheduled next week due to the national flood situation while ordering immediate evacuation in case flooding cannot be contained. Yingluck said she and the foreign minister are worried about flooding in the country, so she cancelled trips to Malaysia and Singapore, earlier scheduled for Oct 11-12, to focus on helping people in the country as the first priority, Thai News Agency (MCOT) reported. Chairing the meeting at the National Relief Flood Center in Don Mueang, the prime minister was concerned over new storms approaching the country, ordering Nakhon Sawan, Chai Nat, Singburi, Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi to build and reinforce dykes protecting the provincial seats and business areas.