Floods encroach deeper into Bangkok

A Thai resident rides a boat along a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Thailand's record floods encroached deeper into the capital Friday, swamping a major intersection in the northern edge of the city center and threatening the subway system.

A Thai Buddhist monk walks on a narrow plank at a flooded area in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011.

A Thai man tries to open the submerged gate of his house in a flooded neighborhood in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011.

 

Traffic police officers help push a stalled car on a flooded street at the Lod Praow district in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Thailand's record floods encroached deeper into the capital Friday, swamping a major intersection in the northern edge of the city center and threatening the subway system.

A Thai policeman directs traffic along a flooded street at the Lod Praow district in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Thailand's record floods encroached deeper into the capital Friday, swamping a major intersection in the northern edge of the city center and threatening the subway system.

A crane spreads its wings as deer and antelopes herd together in floodwater in Safari world, an open zoo and theme park in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. More and more businesses are being put in jeopardy as Thailand’s capital city sees more of its areas submerged under water. Open zoo Safari World in Bangkok is one of the affected victims. It has lost around 50 percent of its premise to the flood, which is said to be the worst in the past 50 years of the Thai history.

Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, center, gestures as he visits a flooded street at the Lod Praow district in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Thailand's record floods encroached deeper into the capital Friday, swamping a major intersection in the northern edge of the city center and threatening the subway system.