Flood-plagued Thai PM cancels trip to summit in US

A resident wades through floodwaters at Wat Wichitraram temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Thailand's Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said the flood crisis in Bangkok is likely to drag on for another month, as authorities issued another evacuation advisory in a northern neighborhood and floodwaters inched further into the city's heart.

A Thai flood victim pulls a makeshift raft carrying his daughter through murky floodwaters as they return home with relief material distributed at a temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Thai Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said the flood crisis in Bangkok is likely to drag on for another month, as authorities issued another evacuation advisory in a northern neighborhood and floodwaters inched further into the city's heart.

Thai residents wade along a flooded slum area at Chatuchak district in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Thai Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said the flood crisis in Bangkok is likely to drag on for another month, as authorities issued another evacuation advisory in a northern neighborhood and floodwaters inched further into the city's heart.

A Thai woman throws floodwater out of her house in a flooded neighborhood in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Thai Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said the flood crisis in Bangkok is likely to drag on for another month, as authorities issued another evacuation advisory in a northern neighborhood and floodwaters inched further into the city's heart.

A Buddha's statue sits amidst trash at a half-flooded street corner in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra canceled plans to attend a Pacific trade forum in Hawaii this weekend as she struggled Tuesday to cope with her country's worst flooding in a half-century.

A Thai buddhist monk sits in a chair at flooded Wat Wichitraram temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011.Thailand's energy minister said the flood crisis in Bangkok is likely to drag on for another month, as authorities issued another evacuation advisory in a northern neighborhood and floodwaters inched further into the city's heart.

Thai flood victims wade through murky floodwaters with the relief material distributed at a temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Thai Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said the flood crisis in Bangkok is likely to drag on for another month, as authorities issued another evacuation advisory in a northern neighborhood and floodwaters inched further into the city's heart.

A Thai woman cuts ingredients for cooking along a flooded slum area at Chatuchak district in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday Nov. 8, 2011. Thai Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said the flood crisis in Bangkok is likely to drag on for another month, as authorities issued another evacuation advisory in a northern neighborhood and floodwaters inched further into the city's heart.

Residents ride on a fire truck through a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Thailand's energy minister said the flood crisis in Bangkok is likely to drag on for another month, as authorities issued another evacuation advisory in a northern neighborhood and floodwaters inched further into the city's heart.

A Thai policeman directs traffic as he carries a pylon along a flooded street at the Saphan Khwai area in Bangkok, Thailand,Tuesday Nov. 8, 2011. Thai Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said the flood crisis in Bangkok is likely to drag on for another month, as authorities issued another evacuation advisory in a northern neighborhood and floodwaters inched further into the city's heart.

A Thai resident washes himself before climbing up his house along a flooded slum area at Chatuchak district in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday Nov. 8, 2011. Thai Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said the flood crisis in Bangkok is likely to drag on for another month, as authorities issued another evacuation advisory in a northern neighborhood and floodwaters inched further into the city's heart.

Thai men ride a makeshift raft through a flooded neighborhood in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. The water slowly advancing through Bangkok's northern and western neighborhoods is threatening the city's subway system, two key industrial estates and the emergency headquarters set up to deal with the flooding.