
Thai residents watch the activities on a flooded street at a main road of Sam Sen, near Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand, 30 October 2011. Floods has kept on rising and swamped in several districts of the capital bringing the situation to a critical point. At least 381 have died and more than 2.4 million people have been affected. The flooding is the worst to hit the kingdom since 1995.



A Thai resident sort her belongings from floodwaters in her home, near Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand, 30 October 2011. Floods has kept on rising and swamped in several districts of the capital bringing the situation to a critical point. At least 381 have died and more than 2.4 million people have been affected. The flooding is the worst to hit the kingdom since 1995


A Thai highway is lined with pink taxis parked up high for safety as floods hit Bangkok, Thailand, 30 October 2011. Thailand's death toll from the worst floods in decades rose to 381 on 30 October as Bangkok braced for the tail end of the deluge, government officials said. Sections of the capital, especially those in the north and areas on the banks of the Chao Phraya River were underwater.




Workers and volunteers use sandbags to fix barriers at a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. City dikes overflowed in at least two places as coastal high tides pushed up the main Chao Praya river from the Gulf of Thailand, with water spilling into streets as city workers and troops shored up concrete walls with sandbags.

A man rows his boat on an overflowed canal in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. City dikes overflowed in at least two places as coastal high tides pushed up the main Chao Praya river from the Gulf of Thailand, with water spilling into streets as city workers and troops shored up concrete walls with sandbags



Refugees sleep in a room inside the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, 30 October 2011. At least 381 have died and more than 2.4 million people have been affected by the worst floods in decades



Children sleep in a room inside the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, 30 October 2011. At least 381 have died and more than 2.4 million people have been affected by the worst floods in decades

A little girl holds her relief clothings inside the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, 30 October 2011. At least 381 have died and more than 2.4 million people have been affected by the worst floods in decades

A Thai family members walk at a department store in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. On one side of Bangkok, you'll find the victims of Thailand's worst flooding in half a century. But just a few miles away, you'll find something else entirely: well-heeled shoppers perusing bustling malls decorated with newly-hung Halloween decorations, couples sipping espresso in the air-conditioned comfort of ultra-chic cafes.


Shoppers look at Halloween decorations displayed at a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. On one side of Bangkok, you'll find the victims of Thailand's worst flooding in half a century. But just a few miles away, you'll find something else entirely: well-heeled shoppers perusing bustling malls decorated with newly-hung Halloween decorations, couples sipping espresso in the air-conditioned comfort of ultra-chic cafes

Thai residents gather to look at an shop selling new mobile phones at a department store in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. On one side of Bangkok, you'll find the victims of Thailand's worst flooding in half a century. But just a few miles away, you'll find something else entirely: well-heeled shoppers perusing bustling malls decorated with newly-hung Halloween decorations, couples sipping espresso in the air-conditioned comfort of ultra-chic cafes.


People visit a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. On one side of Bangkok, you'll find the victims of Thailand's worst flooding in half a century. But just a few miles away, you'll find something else entirely: well-heeled shoppers perusing bustling malls decorated with newly-hung Halloween decorations, couples sipping espresso in the air-conditioned comfort of ultra-chic cafes.

A Thai soldier holds high a pole while fixing a broken flood barrier in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. City dikes overflowed in at least two places as coastal high tides pushed up the main Chao Praya river from the Gulf of Thailand, with water spilling into streets as city workers and troops shored up concrete walls with sandbags.

A refugee boy, with an id tag hanging from his neck, plays outside the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, 30 October 2011. At least 381 have died and more than 2.4 million people have been affected by the worst floods in decades.


coastal high tides pushed up the main Chao Praya river from the Gulf of Thailand, with water spilling into streets as city workers and troops shored up concrete walls with sandbags.

A security guard sifts through bags of clothes left over at a relief center for flood victims at Don Muaeng airport after the victims were relocated, in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. City dikes overflowed in at least two places as coastal high tides pushed up the main Chao Praya river from the Gulf of Thailand, with water spilling into streets as city workers and troops shored up concrete walls with sandbags.


Thai soldiers hold onto each other against the stream of water flowing into a neighborhood after a wall was breached by the swollen Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011

Thai residents travel in a boat though a flooded neighborhood in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. City dikes overflowed in at least two places as coastal high tides pushed up the main Chao Praya river from the Gulf of Thailand, with water spilling into streets as city workers and troops shored up concrete walls with sandbags

A stuffed doll of Doraemon, a famous Japanese cartoon character, floats over water at a flooded neighborhood in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. City dikes overflowed in at least two places as coastal high tides pushed up the main Chao Praya river from the Gulf of Thailand, with water spilling into streets as city workers and troops shored up concrete walls with sandbags.


Vehicles are parked on an overfly at a flooded street on the outskirts of Bangkok on Sunday Oct. 30, 2011

A street is submerged in floodwaters on the outskirts of Bangkok on Sunday Oct. 30, 2011

A Buddhist temple is surrounded by floodwaters in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand, on Sunday Oct. 30, 2011.


Honda car factory buildings are surrounded by floodwaters in the Rojana industrial district in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand, on Sunday Oct. 30, 2011.

Houses in a residential area are surrounded by floodwaters in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand, on Sunday Oct. 30, 2011