Sunday, October 30, 2011

Monsoon rains cause floods in Thailand

Months of heavy monsoon rain has caused major flooding in Thailand and parts of neighboring Vietnam and Cambodia. In Thailand  370+ lives have been lost so far with heavy rains continuing to damage the strained levees of Bangkok's Chao Phraya River, where Thailand officials keep a watchful eye on the weakend banks.

Photo: Sakchai Lalit / AP

Residents make desperate attempts to sand bag the broken levees and save communities:

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