
Foreign tourists wade through flooding water outside a hotel at the resort island of Koh Samui, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, 28 March 2011. All flights were cancelled and ferry services to the tourist islands of Koh Samui, Phangan and Koh Tao were suspended as waves reached 4 metres high in the Gulf of Thailand due to the heavy rain persist in many areas over the south affecting about 38,000 families. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

A close sign is seen next to stranded foreign and Thai travelers at Samui airport in the resort island of Koh Samui, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, 28 March 2011. All flights were cancelled and ferry services to the tourist islands of Koh Samui, Phangan and Koh Tao were suspended as waves reached 4 metres high in the Gulf of Thailand due to the heavy rain persist in many areas over the south affecting about 38,000 families. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Thai residents wade through water on the flooded street at the resort island of Koh Samui, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, 28 March 2011. All flights were cancelled and ferry services to the tourist islands of Koh Samui, Phangan and Koh Tao were suspended as waves reached 4 metres high in the Gulf of Thailand due to the heavy rain persist in many areas over the south affecting about 38,000 families. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

A Thai resident bales flooding water from his house at the resort island of Koh Samui, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, 28 March 2011. All flights were cancelled and ferry services to the tourist islands of Koh Samui, Phangan and Koh Tao were suspended as waves reached 4 metres high in the Gulf of Thailand due to the heavy rain persist in many areas over the south affecting about 38,000 families. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Stranded foreign and Thai travellers sit next to belongings at Samui airport in the resort island of Koh Samui, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, 28 March 2011 after flights were cancelled. . All flights were cancelled and ferry services to the tourist islands of Koh Samui, Phangan and Koh Tao were suspended as waves reached 4 metres high in the Gulf of Thailand due to the heavy rain persist in many areas over the south affecting about 38,000 families. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Stranded foreign and Thai travellers sit next to belongings at Samui airport in the resort island of Koh Samui, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, 28 March 2011 after flights were cancelled. . All flights were cancelled and ferry services to the tourist islands of Koh Samui, Phangan and Koh Tao were suspended as waves reached 4 metres high in the Gulf of Thailand due to the heavy rain persist in many areas over the south affecting about 38,000 families. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Stranded foreign and Thai travellers sit next to belongings at Samui airport in the resort island of Koh Samui, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, 28 March 2011 after flights were cancelled. . All flights were cancelled and ferry services to the tourist islands of Koh Samui, Phangan and Koh Tao were suspended as waves reached 4 metres high in the Gulf of Thailand due to the heavy rain persist in many areas over the south affecting about 38,000 families. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT