Thai residents use large sheets of foam for transport on a flooded street in the Plai Bang district, near Maha Sawat Canal in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, 25 November 2011. Reports state that 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 US dollars in damage industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK
Thai residents walk down from the roof of their flooded home at a village of Plai Bang district, in the western of the capital, near Maha Sawat Canal in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, 25 November 2011. Reports state that 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 US dollars in damage industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK
A Thai man wade through floodwater at the Plai Bang district in the western of the capital, near Maha Sawat Canal in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, 25 November 2011. Reports state that 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 US dollars in damage industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK
Thai residents use boat for transport on a flooded street of the Plai Bang district, in the western of the capital, near Maha Sawat Canal in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, 25 November 2011. Reports state that 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 US dollars in damage industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK
A Thai - Chinese woman sits in her shop in the Plai Bang district, in the western of the capital, near Maha Sawat Canal in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, 25 November 2011. Reports state that 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 US dollars in damage industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK
Thai residents use boat for transport on a flooded street of Plai Bang district (R) in the western of the capital, near Maha Sawat Canal in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, 25 November 2011. Reports state that 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 US dollars in damage industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK
Young Thai Buddhist novice monk sits in a boat as he travels along a flooded area at a temple area of Plai Bang district in the western of the capital, near Maha Sawat Canal in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, 25 November 2011.. Reports state that 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 US dollars in damage industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK
A Thai resident use boat for transport on a flooded street in the Plai Bang district (R) in the western of the capital, near Maha Sawat Canal in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, 25 November 2011. Reports state that 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 US dollars in damage industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK
Thai residents use a boat for transport at a temple flooded area of Plai Bang district in the western of the capital, near Maha Sawat Canal in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, 25 November 2011. Reports state that 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 US dollars in damage industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK
Thai residents wade along a flood street in the Plai Bang district in the western of the capital, near Maha Sawat Canal in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, 25 November 2011. Reports state that 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 US dollars in damage industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK
Thai residents use a boat for transport on a flooded street in Plai Bang district (R) in the western of the capital, near Maha Sawat Canal in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, 25 November 2011. Reports state that 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 US dollars in damage industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites shaving at least one per cent off the country's economic growth. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK
