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Thailand Floods Pictures November 11th

By M&C Nov 11, 2011, 11:47 GMT

Thai residents watch as floodwaters is being pumped out from the capital into the Bang Sue canal in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Water-logged Bangkok could be dry within 11 days, but meanwhile floodwaters are spreading in the capital threatening the inner city, media reports said. Central Thailand has been hit by the worst floods in decades this monsoon season, which had claimed over 500 lives and caused billions of dollars in damage to farmland, industry and private property. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK

Thai workers build water barriers with sandbags to protect the elevated Don Muang Tollway from floods in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Water-logged Bangkok could be dry within 11 days, but meanwhile floodwaters are spreading in the capital threatening the inner city, media reports said. Central Thailand has been hit by the worst floods in decades this monsoon season, which had claimed over 500 lives and caused billions of dollars in damage to farmland, industry and private property. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK

A Thai worker removes filth, rotten food and plastic wastes from floodwaters clinging at a water sluice in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Bangkok residents now facing massive piles of garbage stacking up around the flooded area prompting worries over tainted water, disease and sanitation. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than three million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged caused billions of dollars. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

A British man uses a hired raft in a flooded street on Viphawadi road, Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Water-logged Bangkok could be dry within 11 days, but meanwhile floodwaters are spreading in the capital threatening the inner city, media reports said. Central Thailand has been hit by the worst floods in decades this monsoon season, which had claimed over 500 lives and caused billions of dollars in damage to farmland, industry and private property. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK

A Thai boy sits on a concrete rail as he watches a flooded Bangkok highway in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Water-logged Bangkok could be dry within 11 days, but meanwhile floodwaters are spreading in the capital threatening the inner city, media reports said. Central Thailand has been hit by the worst floods in decades this monsoon season, which had claimed over 500 lives and caused billions of dollars in damage to farmland, industry and private property. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK

Thai workers remove debris to clean up a canal in an attempt for floodwaters to drain out in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Bangkok residents now facing massive piles of garbage stacking up around the flooded area prompting worries over tainted water, disease and sanitation. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than three million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged caused billions of dollars. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

A Thai girl walks next to a pile of garbages from Loy Krathong festival at Chao Phraya River side in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Bangkok residents now facing massive piles of garbage stacking up around the flooded area prompting worries over tainted water, disease and sanitation. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than three million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged caused billions of dollars. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Thai peoples walk next to a wall of sandbags put up to protect floodwaters in front of a shopping center in the business district of Silom road in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Water-logged Bangkok could be dry within 11 days, but meanwhile floodwaters are spreading in the capital threatening the inner city, media reports said. Central Thailand has been hit by the worst floods in decades this monsoon season, which had claimed over 500 lives and caused billions of dollars in damage to farmland, industry and private property. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK

Thai residents commute through floodwaters on Viphawadi road in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Water-logged Bangkok could be dry within 11 days, but meanwhile floodwaters are spreading in the capital threatening the inner city, media reports said. Central Thailand has been hit by the worst floods in decades this monsoon season, which had claimed over 500 lives and caused billions of dollars in damage to farmland, industry and private property. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK

Pigeons fly on a pile of garbage from Loy Krathong festival at Chao Phraya River side in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Bangkok residents now facing massive piles of garbage stacking up around the flooded area prompting worries over tainted water, disease and sanitation. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than three million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged caused billions of dollars. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Filth, rotten food and plastic wastes on floodwaters cling at a water sluice in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Bangkok residents now facing massive piles of garbage stacking up around the flooded area prompting worries over tainted water, disease and sanitation. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than three million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged caused billions of dollars. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Thai residents wade through floodwaters on Viphawadi road in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Water-logged Bangkok could be dry within 11 days, but meanwhile floodwaters are spreading in the capital threatening the inner city, media reports said. Central Thailand has been hit by the worst floods in decades this monsoon season, which had claimed over 500 lives and caused billions of dollars in damage to farmland, industry and private property. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK

A Thai woman uses a mobile phone as she walks next to a wall of sandbags put up to protect floodwaters in front of a shopping center in the business district of Silom road in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Water-logged Bangkok could be dry within 11 days, but meanwhile floodwaters are spreading in the capital threatening the inner city, media reports said. Central Thailand has been hit by the worst floods in decades this monsoon season, which had claimed over 500 lives and caused billions of dollars in damage to farmland, industry and private property. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK

A migrant worker sorts out recycle plastic materials from piles of garbage in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Bangkok residents now facing massive piles of garbage stacking up around the flooded area prompting worries over tainted water, disease and sanitation. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than three million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged costing billions of dollars. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Garbage collect truck line up to dump wastes at a garbage site in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Bangkok residents now facing massive piles of garbage stacking up around the flooded area prompting worries over tainted water, disease and sanitation. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than three million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged costing billions of dollars. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

A Thai resident feeds pigeons next to a pile of garbage from Loy Krathong festival at Chao Phraya River side in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Bangkok residents now facing massive piles of garbage stacking up around the flooded area prompting worries over tainted water, disease and sanitation. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than three million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged costing billions of dollars. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

A Cambodian migrant worker sorts out recycle plastic materials from piles of garbage in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Bangkok residents now facing massive piles of garbage stacking up around the flooded area prompting worries over tainted water, disease and sanitation. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than three million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged costing billions of dollars. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Residence of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is surrounded by floodwaters in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than three million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged costing billions of dollars. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

A Cambodian migrant worker sorts out recyclable plastic materials from piles of garbage in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Bangkok residents now face massive piles of garbage stacking up around the flooded area prompting worries over tainted water, disease and sanitation. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than 3 million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged costing billions of dollars. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

A Thai man rides his motorcycle through floods on a street outside the residence of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Bangkok residents now facing massive piles of garbage stacking up around the flooded area prompting worries over tainted water, disease and sanitation. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than 3 million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged costing billions of dollars. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

A Thai garbage collector walks through floodwaters outside Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's residence in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Bangkok residents now face massive piles of garbage stacking up around the flooded area prompting worries over tainted water, disease and sanitation. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than 3 million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged costing billions of dollars. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT