Bangkok Floods Continue To Threaten People And Economy

A Thai man sits at a flooded train station in the Laksi area of the capital on November 2, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thousands of flood victims have been forced to take shelter at crowded evacuation centers around the capitol city. Hundreds of factories have been closed in the central Thai province of Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi and millions of tons of rice has been damaged. Thailand is experiencing its worst flooding in over 50 years, affecting more than nine million people and claiming over 400 lives in flood-related incidents since late July according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)

Thai military plow through the water into the flood zone in armored personnel carriers November 2, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)

A Thai woman walks along the partially flooded train tracks in the Laksi area November 2, 2011 in Bangkok, (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)

Planes sit on a flooded tarmack of the closed Don Muang airport November 3, 2011 in Bangkok,Thailand. The airport was used as a domestic terminal and was formerly the International airport. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Traffic moves as flood waters take over the streets moving to the Lat Phrao area which is a major shopping and business district November 4, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Over seven major industrial parks in Bangkok and, thousands of factories have been closed in the central Thai province of Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi with millions of tons of rice damaged. T(Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)

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