BANGKOK, Sept 28 (Reuters): Residents of the Thai capital waded through waist-deep waters in some areas on Monday, while thousands sheltered in evacuation centres following flooding brought by weekend rains, as swelling reservoirs in an eastern province prompted evacuations.

Entire neighbourhoods in Bangkok were inundated and the ‌drainage network swamped after 320 mm (12.6 inches) of rain fell during two or three days last week, or nearly as much as the sprawling low-lying city usually gets in all of September.

"We have no more food to eat, because we didn't prepare in time," said Bangorn Dednuam, 60, as she braved intermittent showers in a hunt for food, after supplies ran out at home.

"We didn't manage to pack our things in time, so there's nothing stocked in the fridge."

Bangkok is among 41 provinces across Thailand hit by floods since September 16 that killed at least eight people and disrupted more than 580,000 ⁠homes, the interior ministry said.

"Over 80,000 residents living in flooded areas are unable to leave their homes," Unsit Sampuntharat, the ministry's permanent secretary, said in a statement, adding that mobile kitchens and boats were being pressed into the relief effort.

"The goal is to provide three meals a day to all residents throughout the ... flooding period and for at least another seven after waters recede," he added.

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