Grand Palace, Bangkok primary historical monument, witnessed water on it ground from the main river of the city, when it swelled to a record high on Friday and sent water to the ground of the monument.
The amount of water entering the palace grounds was small, but the breach was symbolically significant as Bangkok enters a crucial period when high tides to the south are pushing back at runoff from the north that has breached the city's outer defenses and is now flooding some outlying districts.
"The crisis we're facing today is the most critical natural disaster that ever happened in Thai history," Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said.
Chinatown, not far from the palace,was flooded, and concerns grew that floodwater could reach the commercial center of the city, with its banks and shopping malls and five star hotels, scene of the "red shirt" protests early last year that were Thailand's most recent crisis.
The commercial center was quiet on Friday as Bangkok residents continued to flee by the thousands after the government warned that there was little more that it could do to stop deluge
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