Floods encroach deeper into Bangkok, risk subway

A Thai soldier helps a Thai Buddhist monk wade through floodwater at Lod Praow district in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Thailand's record floods encroached deeper into the capital Friday, swamping a major intersection in the northern edge of the city center and threatening the subway system.

Thai residents are transported in a truck through a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. Thailand's worst floods in more than half a century continued to creep into Bangkok.

A Thai woman holds her dog as wading through floodwaters at Lod Praow district in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Thailand's record floods encroached deeper into the capital Friday, swamping a major intersection in the northern edge of the city center and threatening the subway system.

People paddle and wade through floodwaters at Lod Praow district in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Thailand's record floods encroached deeper into the capital Friday, swamping a major intersection in the northern edge of the city center and threatening the subway system.

Thai residents carry plastic bags containing groceries with a tree branch as they walk along a flooded area in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Thailand's record floods encroached deeper into the capital Friday, swamping a major intersection in the northern edge of the city center and threatening the subway system.

A boy sit in floodwater next to garbage bins at Salaya district in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. Skin diseases and fungal infections are the flood's biggest plague so far with nearly 100,000 cases of athlete's foot reported. Bouts of diarrhea and respiratory infections are also common, especially with many flood victims sheltering together in hot, cramped sites that may not have electricity or clean water.

Cranes walk as deer and antelopes herd together in floodwater in Safari world, an open zoo and theme park in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. More and more businesses are being put in jeopardy as Thailand’s capital city sees more of its areas submerged under water. Open zoo Safari World in Bangkok is one of the affected victims. It has lost around 50 percent of its premise to the flood, which is said to be the worst in the past 50 years of the Thai history.

Vehicles drive along flooded streets at the Lod Praow district in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Thailand's record floods encroached deeper into the capital Friday, swamping a major intersection in the northern edge of the city center and threatening the subway system.