A Thai woman keeps her business going cooking grilled pork in a flooded neighborhood near the Chayo Praya river as rising waters threaten parts of the capitol city October 28, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Local residents evacuate their flooded neighbourhood by truck near the Chao Praya river in Bangkok on October 28, 2011. Floods that have sparked an exodus from the Thai capital crept closer to the city centre as the government considered cutting through roads blocking the path of the water. AFP PHOTO/ Nicolas ASFOURI
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Hundreds of factories closed in the central Thai province of Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi as the flood waters began to reach Bangkok.
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Local residents row a floating device down a flooded street near the Chao Praya river in Bangkok on October 28, 2011.
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A Thai Buddhist monk looks out of a pagoda at the floodwaters in Bangkok on October 28, 2011.
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Local residents evacuate their flooded neighbourhood near the Chao Praya river in Bangkok on October 28, 2011.
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Thai residents carry their belongings through a flooded street near to the rising waters of the Chao Phraya river on October 28, 2011 in Bangkok.
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A street food vendor pushes his trolley through floodwaters in Chinatown in Bangkok on October 28, 2011.
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A Thai police official directs traffic in floodwaters in Bangkok on October 28, 2011.
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Foreigners walk in the floodwaters, next to the Chao Praya river in Bangkok, on October 28, 2011.
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