Thailand floods, Nov. 9, 2011

A cataclysmic waterborne disaster has drowned one-third of Thailand in three months, killing 529 people and wiping out rice fields and factories and livelihoods along the way. The flooding is the worst in Thailand since World War II, and it’s not over yet. Damage so far is likely to exceed $6 billion. Recovery will take months.

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Wed., Nov. 9, 2011

A Thai man rides a makeshift watercraft with a sofa installed on it in a flooded compound of a temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. The flooding began in late July and the water has reached parts of Bangkok, where residents are frustrated by government confusion over how much worse the flooding will get.

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A dog watches for its owner's shelter of concrete blocks that to be used as construction part of elevated trains at a flooded road on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. About 30 families, all victims of the floods, have been living in a beehive look-aliked when floodwaters hit their village about a month ago.

Apichart Weerawong Associated Press
A pet dog follows a Thai woman carrying a baby as she and others wades through floodwaters to receive food distributed by Thai soldiers at a flooded neighborhood in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. The flooding began in late July and the water has reached parts of Bangkok, where residents are frustrated by government confusion over how much worse the flooding will get.

Altaf Qadri Associated Press
A Thai resident walks on road barriers to cross flooded streets in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. The flooding began in late July and the water has reached parts of Bangkok, where residents are frustrated by government confusion over how much worse the flooding will get.

Aaron Favila Associated Press
A Thai man sits outside his flooded house in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday Nov. 9, 2011. The flooding began in late July and the water has reached parts of Bangkok, where residents are frustrated by government confusion over how much worse the flooding will get.

Aaron Favila Associated Press