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Claims that the longest elevated walkway in the capital would protect commuters from both rain and sun were fully discredited this week when it flooded during heavy rainfall. Images of people clinging to the skywalk’s railings and tip-toeing along its elevated edge to avoid the flooded path were spreading online today after being shared online following Tuesday night’s deluge. “Bangkok, the city with the perfect life,” Phudsachar Phongsay wrote sarcastically, quoting a blithe City Hall slogan for the capital. In the 16-second clip, which has been shared more than 13,000 times, commuters are seen slowly inching along the edge as they desperately try to avoid the mucky torrent below, as the skywalk had turned into a water-flow. https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/weatherproof-bangkok-skywalk-defeated-by-weather/

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