The governor of Bangkok issued a dramatic warning to residents of the Thai capital to prepare for floodwaters to roll deeper into the city from suburban areas already choking under the deluge.

Floodwater pressed toward Bangkok on several fronts today as a new area near the international airport began to look vulnerable.

Beside a wall of white sandbags that has become a front line in Thailand's battle to prevent an epic season of monsoon floods from reaching Bangkok, needlefish swim through knee-high water inside Sawat Taengon's home.

Search dogs led rescuers to three bodies buried under mud and two people who had passed out on a hill, starving, days after torrential rains triggered flash floods in northern Thailand, officials said today.

The death toll from flooding in Thailand which began last Saturday has risen to 114, including 21 pupils from the same school.

The death toll in Thailand's floods has risen to 105, including 21 students at a single school.