More districts of Thailand's capital Bangkok have been warned to evacuate¹ as floodwater continues to move south towards the sea.

泰国洪水继续南下入海，首都曼谷越来越多的地区需要撤离。

There are now health fears for those living near the dirty floodwater
The water has now reached the outskirts²（外围） of the inner city, though the authorities are still battling to keep the commercial heart of Bangkok dry.

More than 500 people have lost their lives as a result of the floods.

Humanitarian³ organisations are now concerned about communities living among the increasingly dirty water.

More than a third of Bangkok's districts are now subject to full or partial evacuation orders, and still the water keeps coming.

Billions of cubic metres of water is gradually draining away from inundated⁴（洪泛的） provinces north of the capital, passing through and around Bangkok as it flows to the sea.

City authorities have been given more pumps to try to force the floodwater through more quickly.

But most experts agree that several areas will remain submerged for at least another two weeks.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinwatra says she plans to set aside（撤销，驳回） more than $3bn for post-flood reconstruction⁵.

But given the extent of the clean up that will be needed, many here are already predicting the final bill could be much higher.