Deputy PM Thongsri said the National Water Resources Committee approved only 2,200 m³/s from Chao Phraya Dam, not the 2,500 m³/s rumoured, and releases will be stepped gradually to protect Bangkok. A government spokesman said Bangkok only floods if the Bang Ban-Bang Sai channel reaches 3,000 m³/s; it currently sits at 2,100 m³/s. For Bangkok and central-region SMEs, flood risk is not resolved: check stock storage, delivery routes and staff access in low-lying areas over the coming weeks, and rely on official Royal Irrigation Department updates rather than social media rumours.