Thailand Flood Crisis

Evacuees leaving Don Muang airport wait for a bus to take them to higher ground, October 25, 2011 (VOA - G. Paluch).

A girl wades through rising flood waters, October 25, 2011 (VOA - G. Paluch).

A husky waits with his family to be rescued, October 25, 2011 (VOA - G. Paluch).

A pug rides alongside his owner down the expressway in front of Don Mueang. Evacuees have been arriving even as flood waters threaten the evacuation center, October 25, 2011 (VOA - G. Paluch).

A family wades through the water rising in front of the Don Mueang evacuation center, October 25, 2011 (VOA - G. Paluch).

Truckloads of evacuees arrived at Don Mueang evacuation center as the waters were rising around the airport. Three terminals of the airport have been set aside for flood victims, food distribution, and flood relief operations, October 25, 2011 (VOA - G. P

Truckloads of evacuees arrived at Don Mueang evacuation center as the waters were rising around the airport, October 25, 2011 (VOA - G. Paluch).

Truckloads of evacuees arrived at Don Mueang evacuation center as the waters were rising around the airport, October 25, 2011 (VOA - G. Paluch).

A family of evacuees prepare to coax their husky off a truck, so they can register at the Don Mueang evacuation center, October 25, 2011 (VOA - G. Paluch).

Volunteers sit on assembly lines to help package relief supplies for distribution in affected flood areas at the Flood Relief Operations Center (FROC) at Don Mueang airport, October 25, 2011 (VOA - G. Paluch).

Evacuees began to pack up their belongings and move to Chonburi, after af announcement was made urging evacuees to leave Don Mueang as the flood waters had risen making the airport difficult to access, October 25, 2011 (VOA - G. Paluch).