Rain clouds approach the city center of Thailand's capital Bangkok, on September 23, 2011. #

A "reclining Buddha" inundated with floodwaters on October 10, 2011 at an ancient temple -- one of a number of UNESCO World Heritage sites in Ayutthaya province. #

A Buddhist monk walks through floodwater on a street at a temple in Ayutthaya province, on October 7, 2011. #

Buddhist monks are evacuated on a pickup truck on a flooded street in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand on October 9, 2011. #

Rattanaporn, 13, floats along the swollen Yom river near her home on August 23, 2011 in Phinchit, Thailand. #

Cars sit submerged in floodwater at a Honda car factory outside the ancient Thai capital of Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok, on October 11, 2011. #

Flooded houses outside Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok, on October 11, 2011. #

A vendor sells her wares in her flooded shop in Ayutthaya province, on September 30, 2011. #

A man rests in a shelter after he was evacuated from the flooded area of Ayutthaya province, on October 9, 2011. #

A railroad track hangs in mid-air after a flash flood caused by heavy rain swept away the ground in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand, on August 26, 2011. #

Thai emergency workers carry the body of a child from a collapsed building on September 12, 2011 in Saraburi, Thailand. #

Flooded Chaiwattanaram Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in the ancient Thai capital of Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok on October 11, 2011. #

An elephant helps people moving their belongings through a flooded area in Ayutthaya province, on October 8, 2011. #

A disabled man waits for assistance to cross a flooded street in the town of Sena, Thailand, on September 13, 2011. #

Prisoners sit near the flooded Ayutthaya prison as they wait to be evacuated to another jail north of Bangkok, on October 6, 2011. #

A soldier looks through the window of a helicopter over a flooded area in Ayutthaya province, on October 10, 2011. #

An aerial view of a flooded area in Ayutthaya province, on October 10, 2011. #

A resident in a boat tries to catch relief goods distributed from a helicopter in Ayutthaya province, on October 12, 2011. #

Residents catch relief goods distributed from a helicopter in Ayutthaya province, on October 12, 2011. #

An aerial view of a flooded area in Ayutthaya province, on October 12, 2011. #

Men herd cows through floodwater outside Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok, on October 11, 2011. #

Villagers ride on a pickup truck past a broken flood barrier in Pathumthani province, central Thailand Tuesday, on October 11, 2011. #

A dog stands on a car inundated with floodwater in Ayutthaya, Thailand, on October 12, 2011. #

Part of a flooded ancient temple in Ayutthaya province, on October 10, 2011. #

A man rides a motorbike through flooded streets in Ayutthaya province, on October 7, 2011. #

A man signals for help from a roof of a submerged house in the flooded area of Ayutthaya province, on October 9, 2011. #

Family members watch TV lifted onto a cabinet to avoid floodwater at their home in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 3, 2011. #

A traffic policeman gestures to a car as he directs traffic along a flooded street in Nonthaburi province on the outskirts of Bangkok, on October 12, 2011. #

A Thai man smokes a cigarette as he sits in the flooded streets on October 10, 2011 in Ayutthaya, Thailand. #

A Thai Buddhist monk sits with local residents as they cross floodwaters by boat in Ayutthaya, Thailand, on October 12, 2011. #

An aerial view of a flooded area along a river in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, on October 12, 2011. #