Thai Floodwaters Soak Bangkok’s Grand Palace

Wat Phra Kaew, the complex of temples is a popular tourist attraction. Military personnel set up flood barriers and pumps to drain water from the flooded entrance during high tide, Bangkok, Thailand, October 28, 2011. (VOA)

A truck carrying emergency supplies to stranded residents in a neighborhood on the western bank of Bangkok's Chao Phraya River, Thailand, October 28, 2011. (VOA)

A restaurant owner lives in his flooded restaurant with his children, Bangkok, Thailand, October 28, 2011. (VOA)

A Pakistani migrant worker trudges through floodwater to see if his mosque is still open, Bangkok, Thailand, October 28, 2011. (VOA)

A resident from the neighborhood surrounding historical Wat Rakhang goes to pick up drinking water donations. The historical temple includes in its compound a teak house that once housed King Rama I, Bangkok, Thailand, October 28, 2011. (VOA)

A navy boat carries a monk through a flooded neighborhood. The district of Bangkok borders Siriraj hospital, where the King of Thailand lives, and was flooded waist-deep, October 28, 2011. (VOA)

A girl swims in the floodwater in front of Bangkok's Grand Palace in a riverside neighborhood, Thailand, October 28, 2011. (VOA)