A man floats in floodwaters in his life jacket as women carry a small boat into a building in flooded central Bangkok October 27, 2011. Thailand's prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Bangkok was fighting the forces of nature on Thursday as residents fled, rivers swelled and floodwater threatened to burst through dikes protecting the capital. [Photo/Agencies]

A man carries his mother during an evacuation as floods advance into Bangkok October 27, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]