Flooding Continues In Thailand
Author: alice Date: 14 November, Category: Sad, Visits 3430
A Thai Dhammakaya monk takes a rest from working to fortify the flood gate he stands on, as he looks out over the rising flood waters at Khlong Rapi Pat on October 25, 2011 in Khlong Luang on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand. The flood gate, approximately 8km long at Klong Rapi Pat, is one of the most critical of the last fortifications preventing flood waters from the North to flow into Bangkok. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak /Getty Images)
Thai residents scoop water out of their homes on a flooded street in China Town near to to the overflowing Chao Phraya river on October 26, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Flood waters are now threatening to disrupt Thailands tourism industry, as the country experiences its worst flooding in 50 years. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
American students from the Thammasat University, Margit McLaughlin (R) and Camille Guenard, walk down newly flooded streets near the Chao Phraya river on October 26, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
A flood victim carries water damaged belongings out from inside the kitchen in his flooded condo complex near the Chao Phyra river October 26, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Hundreds of factories closed in the central Thai province of Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi as the flood waters began to reach Bangkok. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
A man looks down at rising flood waters encroaching on a Chinese temple in China Town near to the overflowing Chao Phraya river on October 26, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak /Getty Images)
Floodwaters flow at a gate of the closed Don Muang Airport on October 26, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. The country is experiencing the worst flooding in 50 years with the floodwaters threatening to disrupt Thailands tourism industry. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images)
Women walk through a flooded street on October 26, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images)
Thai monks unload sandbags to help fortify a temple from rising flood waters from the overflowing Chao Phraya river on October 27, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Around 350 people have died in flood-related incidents since late July according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Thailand is experiencing the worst flooding in 50 years with damages running as high as $6 billion. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
Patarawan fixes her boots as her parrot, Sim sits on her head as she goes shopping for dinner at a busy flooded market near the Chao Phraya river October 27, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Hundreds of factories closed in the central Thai province of Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi as the flood waters began to reach Bangkok. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
Thai women eat and drink whiskey to pass the time on a flooded street near the Chao Phraya river October 27, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
A Thai man pumps water out from his flooded home holding the hose between his legs in a neighborhood along Chao Phraya river October 27, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)