Flooding in Thailand

Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 26, 2011
Thai Airways airplanes are parked on the flooded tarmac at Don Muang Airport. Thailand announced a five-day holiday on Tuesday to give people to the chance to escape floods, and authorities ordered the immediate evacuation of a housing estate on the outskirts of the city after a protection wall gave way.

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