Thailand Floods Pictures November 11th

A Thai worker removes filth, rotten food and plastic wastes from floodwater clinging at a water sluice in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Bangkok residents now facing massive piles of garbage stacking up around the flooded area prompting worries over tainted water, disease and sanitation. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than three million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged caused billions of dollars.

Thai residents watch as floodwaters is being pumped out from the capital into the Bang Sue canal in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Water-logged Bangkok could be dry within 11 days, but meanwhile floodwaters are spreading in the capital threatening the inner city, media reports said. Central Thailand has been hit by the worst floods in decades this monsoon season, which had claimed over 500 lives and caused billions of dollars in damage to farmland, industry and private property.

Thai workers build water barriers with sandbags to protect the elevated Don Muang Tollway from floods in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Water-logged Bangkok could be dry within 11 days, but meanwhile floodwater are spreading in the capital threatening the inner city, media reports said. Central Thailand has been hit by the worst floods in decades this monsoon season, which had claimed over 500 lives and caused billions of dollars in damage to farmland, industry and private property.

A Thai worker removes filth, rotten food and plastic wastes from floodwater clinging at a water sluice in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Bangkok residents now facing massive piles of garbage stacking up around the flooded area prompting worries over tainted water, disease and sanitation. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than three million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged caused billions of dollars

Thai workers build water barriers with sandbags to protect the elevated Don Muang Tollway from floods in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Water-logged Bangkok could be dry within 11 days, but meanwhile floodwater are spreading in the capital threatening the inner city, media reports said. Central Thailand has been hit by the worst floods in decades this monsoon season, which had claimed over 500 lives and caused billions of dollars in damage to farmland, industry and private property.

Thai workers remove debris to clean up a canal in an attempt for floodwater to drain out in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Bangkok residents now facing massive piles of garbage stacking up around the flooded area prompting worries over tainted water, disease and sanitation. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than three million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged caused billions of dollars.

A British man uses a hired raft in a flooded street on Viphawadi road, Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Water-logged Bangkok could be dry within 11 days, but meanwhile floodwater are spreading in the capital threatening the inner city, media reports said. Central Thailand has been hit by the worst floods in decades this monsoon season, which had claimed over 500 lives and caused billions of dollars in damage to farmland, industry and private property.

A Thai boy sits on a concrete rail as he watches a flooded Bangkok highway in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Water-logged Bangkok could be dry within 11 days, but meanwhile floodwater are spreading in the capital threatening the inner city, media reports said. Central Thailand has been hit by the worst floods in decades this monsoon season, which had claimed over 500 lives and caused billions of dollars in damage to farmland, industry and private property.

A Thai girl walks next to a pile of garbage from Loy Krathong festival at Chao Phraya River side in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 November 2011. Bangkok residents now facing massive piles of garbage stacking up around the flooded area prompting worries over tainted water, disease and sanitation. The worst floods in five decades claimed over 500 lives and more than three million people have been affected forcing tens thousands of residents to evacuate their homes while some 15,000 industrial manufacturing plants, much of it foreign-owned and tourist sites have been damaged caused billions of dollars.