Diners ate with fish swimming around their legs after a swollen river overflowed into a restaurant in Thailand.

Customers sat in the middle of the knee-deep deluge following heavy rain which caused the Chao Phraya River to burst its banks in Nonthaburi province on October 18.

Hungry fish churned up the water as they feasted on pellets and food scraps fed to them by restaurant patrons. In the eatery, the aquatic creatures were nipping at customers' legs to ask for food.

The establishment, along with other stores and homes, has been submerged for around two weeks following severe heavy rain that has caused the rivers' water levels to rise.

Visitor Somsak Patanja said: 'I visit this restaurant regularly for dinner. I decided to keep coming as normal even thought it is flooded.'

High floods had caused traffic congestion along the Phra Rama V bridge.

Local media said municipal workers have fixed the gaps in the collapsed embankments.

General Narongpan Jitkaewtae, army commander-in-chief, said: 'Troops will be stationed in Nonthaburi around the clock to help in case of emergencies.'

Meteorologists have blamed climate change for the sustained heavy rain, which has been hitting the Thai capital and provinces around the country causing severe floods for several weeks.

Thailand's Center for Climate Change and Disaster claimed the coming months could see heavier, longer rainfalls, due to 'climate change'.

Local media reported that the country has this year seen 'an unusually sustained and persistent rainy season'.

The heavy rain has been compounded by the deluge from Typhoon Noru, which dumped water in the northeast region of the country, causing rivers flowing into the central region to swell.