In late September 2026, days of heavy rain left large parts of Bangkok flooded. Cars sat stranded in brown water, streets became channels, and once again the city was confronted with the familiar problem of moving people through neighborhoods that had effectively stopped functioning as roads.
But this time, one detail stood out. Some of the vehicles sent in to help could no longer get through either.
Standard six-wheel trucks used by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) became unusable in some of the deepest-flooded areas. Ambulances also ran into trouble. In response, doctors and emergency personnel had to travel as far as an ambulance could safely go, then transfer to high-clearance GMC trucks for the final leg into flooded residential districts.