Bangkok on the Brink: Dr. Smith's Cyclone Alert and Kunsamutsin's Sea Temple

A legendary warning meets a city of 10 million on shifting ground. Dr. Smith raises the alarm as Bangkok’s storm season turns uneasy and an ancient temple stands surrounded by the sea. We follow Sean at the BMA through flood sluices, radar rooms, and canal check-points where a three-day warning window could decide everything. Hydrologists explain Rama IX’s diversion works and the “Monkey Cheeks” reservoirs, while residents in Makassan and along the klongs recall water lines from 1983 and 1995. On the coast at Kunsamutsin, a Buddhist monk refuses to abandon a temple now isolated by waves. Meanwhile, a billionaire pitches his “Island Building” to investors betting on survival above Sukhumvit. The question hangs: preparation or panic? Extreme Cities: Bangkok reveals how subsidence, rising seas, and intensifying monsoons converge with human choices — from sandbag barricades to real estate fortresses — and why the new airport’s future is part of the fight. Watch to see what the experts won’t fully say on camera, what locals already know, and the decisive moves that must happen next. Stay to the end for a perspective that changes how you read the sky. #Bangkok #ClimateChange #Cyclone #SeaLevelRise #Flooding #Documentary