Thai residents board a taxi boat in a flooded residential area of Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2011. Floodwaters have started to recede in Bangkok's northern suburbs but not in the western and eastern sections of the capital. The worst flooding in five decades has claimed over 600 lives and caused billions of dollars in damages industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
Thai residents sit on a farm truck in a flooded residential area of Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2011. Floodwaters have started to recede in Bangkok's northern suburbs but not in the western and eastern sections of the capital. The worst flooding in five decades has claimed over 600 lives and caused billions of dollars in damages industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
Thai residents travel by boat in a flooded residential area of Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2011. Floodwaters have started to recede in Bangkok's northern suburbs but not in the western and eastern sections of the capital. The worst flooding in five decades has claimed over 600 lives and caused billions of dollars in damages industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
Thai residents board taxi boats at a flooded residential area in Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2011. Floodwaters have started to recede in Bangkok's northern suburbs but not in the western and eastern sections of the capital. The worst flooding in five decades has claimed over 600 lives and caused billions of dollars in damages industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
Thai residents travel by taxi boat in a flooded residential area of Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2011. Floodwaters have started to recede in Bangkok's northern suburbs but not in the western and eastern sections of the capital. The worst flooding in five decades has claimed over 600 lives and caused billions of dollars in damages industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
A Thai woman walks on a street with receding floodwaters in Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2011. Floodwaters have started to recede in Bangkok's northern suburbs but not in the western and eastern sections of the capital. The worst flooding in five decades has claimed over 600 lives and caused billions of dollars in damages industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
A Thai employee cleans up outside a grocery store as floods recede in Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2011. Floodwaters have started to recede in Bangkok's northern suburbs but not in the western and eastern sections of the capital. The worst flooding in five decades has claimed over 600 lives and caused billions of dollars in damages industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
Thai residents travel by taxi boat in a flooded residential area of Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2011. Floodwaters have started to recede in Bangkok's northern suburbs but not in the western and eastern sections of the capital. The worst flooding in five decades has claimed over 600 lives and caused billions of dollars in damages industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
A Thai woman walks on a street with receding floodwaters in Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2011. Floodwaters have started to recede in Bangkok's northern suburbs but not in the western and eastern sections of the capital. The worst flooding in five decades has claimed over 600 lives and caused billions of dollars in damages industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
Thai residents board a taxi boat in a flooded residential area of Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2011. Floodwaters have started to recede in Bangkok's northern suburbs but not in the western and eastern sections of the capital. The worst flooding in five decades has claimed over 600 lives and caused billions of dollars in damages industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
A Thai woman travels by boat with her son in a flooded residential area of Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2011. Floodwaters have started to recede in Bangkok's northern suburbs but not in the western and eastern sections of the capital. The worst flooding in five decades has claimed over 600 lives and caused billions of dollars in damages industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT