Bangkok Thailand’s worst floods in 50 years began ____(36)____ from Bangkok’s suburbs into the city Fright night, hours after the government ____(37)____ a natural disaster. Over the past two months, the flooding ____(38)____ a third of the country, causing billions of dollars’ worth of damage, and led to hundreds of deaths. As Newsweek went into press, sandbags were ____(39)____ around Bangkok and crews were erecting under cinder-block walls in front of the buildings. Stores were experiencing ____(40)____ on bottled water and instant noodles. And residents went to sleep uncertain of what the city would look like the next morning.