Thai Flood

A Thai man sits outside his flooded house in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday Nov. 9, 2011. The flooding began in late July and the water has reached parts of Bangkok, where residents are frustrated by government confusion over how much worse the flooding w

Residents move their belongings in a flooded house to higher ground in Vietnam's central province of Quang Binh, 10/18/2011

A Buddha's statue sits amidst trash at a half-flooded street corner in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand November 8, 2011. (AP)

A villager receives flood donations for her family while others wait for their turn on boats at Prek Sussey, Kandal province, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011.

A Thai woman takes a shower in a narrow alley in a flooded neighborhood in Bangkok, Thailand, November 8, 2011.

A Thai man stands close to a truck that lies on its side after it fell on a big hole along a flooded road at Lat Krabang district in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. Thailand's record high floods continue to creep closer to the heart of the capita

A man walks on rising floodwater past a portrait of Bangkok Gov. Sukhumbhand Paribatra erected at a bus stop in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. Sukhumbhand has ordered evacuations in 11 of Bangkok's 50 districts Monday, and partial evacuations app

Thai Flood

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Thai Flood

A man rides his motorcycle along a flooded street in Bangkok November 5, 2011. As waterlogged Thailand struggles to contain the worst floods in decades, it faces a simple truth: not a whole lot can be done to avoid a repeat disaster in the short term even

Thai residents carry children across flooded streets in Bangkok, Thailand, November 6, 2011.

Residents travel on a boat as a bus drives on a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand, November 5, 2011.