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At less than 1, 200 cubic metres a second, this flood is smaller than even an average spring flood, let alone one of the mightier deluges of the past.

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No one blames Ms Yingluck for the lapses in planning and water management that exacerbated this fiasco, let alone an unholy slew of rain this year.

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