A flooded home in Lopburi province, to the north of the science parkFLICKR, PHUMPHAT CHETIYANONTH EU/ECHO
As Thailand suffers the worst flooding it's seen in 50 years, researchers, managers, and other employees have evacuated a science park about 30 miles north of Bangkok in the southern part of the country. Though the raging waters began to recede Sunday, the floods have killed nearly 300 people and caused billions of dollars worth of damage to roads, rail lines, homes, and businesses since torrential monsoon rains soaked Thailand starting in late July.
Administrators at the Thailand Science Park (TSP)—which houses four national research institutes, laboratories affiliated with dozens of private research companies, and thousands of workers—decided last week to shut down the campus and evacuate all employees except for essential personnel who were hastily building sandbag floodwalls to protect infrastructure.
On Sunday (October ...
