Bangkok Under Water (Photos)
Thailand is experiencing its worst flooding in 50 years as the waters reach the capital city. See photos of a metropolis overwhelmed.
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Tens of thousands of people are fleeing Bangkok ahead of rising floodwaters. The governor has officially called for residents of the three northern districts in the capital to leave, and authorities have declared a five-day holiday to allow people to relocate. With the airport already closed due to flooding, thousands of people flocked to bus and train stations. See photos of the Thai capital overwhelmed. Above: Thai residents walk on a street in Bangkok's Chinatown near the overflowing Chao Phraya River.
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A man wades through chest-deep floodwaters on the outskirts of Bangkok. Residents poured out of the Thai capital by bus, plane, and train Thursday, heeding government warnings to leave before a predicted weekend deluge rushes through the city.
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Workers reinforce a sandbag wall near Bangkok's Chinatown. The floods are the worst in Thailand in 50 years.
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A man looks down at rising flood waters encroaching on a Chinese temple. Around 350 people have died in flood-related incidents since late July, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.
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Thai monks wheel sandbags to help fortify a temple. Damages are running as high as $6 billion.
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Airplanes are parked on a flooded tarmac at Don Muang Airport in Bangkok. Don Muang had to close on Tuesday.
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Flooding reached the main entrance of the Grand Palace.
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A tuk-tuk, which is a small jeeplike taxi, drives through the flooded city streets.
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Houses are submerged in floodwaters in Nonthaburi province, north of Bangkok. Hundreds of factories closed in Nonthaburi and its fellow central province of Ayutthaya.
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Thai residents are transported on a truck through floodwaters in Bangkok.
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A flood victim carries water-damaged belongings from his kitchen in his flooded condo.
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People board buses to take them away from the Thai capital.
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A woman stands among tents in a shelter for flood victims at the closed Don Muang Airport.
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