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An aerial view of residents leaving their house by boat in a suburb of Bangkok on Oct. 18, 2011
Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011

Open quoteWe should have learned from America's mistakes but now have to contend with our own.Close quote

  • HANNARONG YAOWALERT,
  • chair of the Foundation for Integrated Water Resources Management in Bangkok, on Thailand's massive floods; projects like dam building in the U.S. have in some cases exacerbated floods, and some groups are calling for natural flood defenses
Photo: Narong Sangnak / EPA | Source: Wall Street Journal