Thailand Flood Volunteers

Volunteers deal with donations at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 17, 2011. Floods that have been ravaging Thailand for over two months is expected to reduce the country's GDP growth by 1 to 1.7 percentage point, Finance Minister Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala said Monday.(Xinhua/Song Zhenping) (cl)

Volunteers deal with donations at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 17, 2011. Floods that have been ravaging Thailand for over two months is expected to reduce the country's GDP growth by 1 to 1.7 percentage point, Finance Minister Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala said Monday.(Xinhua/Song Zhenping) (cl)

 Dazhou Flood

A bus runs on a flooded street in Dazhou, a city in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 4, 2011. Heavy rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday caused the rise of the water level of the Zhouhe River flowing through Dazhou, hence flooding the areas along the river. (Xinhua/Deng Liangkui) (mp)

A street is flooded in Dazhou, a city in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 4, 2011. Heavy rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday caused the rise of the water level of the Zhouhe River flowing through Dazhou, hence flooding the areas along the river. (Xinhua/Deng Liangkui) (mp)

China Hunan Flood Death Toll

(110610) — YUEYANG, June 10, 2011 (Xinhua) — Photo taken on June 10, 2011 shows the flood at Guanshan village of Zhanqiao Township, Linxiang, Yueyang City, central China’s Hunan Province. Torrential rain hit most parts of Yueyang city Thursday night, causing mud-rock flows in Guanshan village. China’s flood death toll continued to rise Friday, with 15 more confirmed dead in the central Hunan Province alone. (Xinhua/Guo Feng) (zhs)

Flood in Quxian County

A woman wades through floodwaters in Quxian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 19, 2011. Torrential rain has swollen the local Qujiang River, a tributary of the Jialing River that feeds the Yangtze, China's longest waterway. More than 600,000 people were evacuated in Dazhou and Guang'an cities ahead of what was expected to be the worst flood since records began in 1847. (Xinhua/Deng Liangkui) (ljh)

Buildings are inundated in floodwaters in Quxian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 19, 2011. Torrential rain has swollen the local Qujiang River, a tributary of the Jialing River that feeds the Yangtze, China's longest waterway. More than 600,000 people were evacuated in Dazhou and Guang'an cities ahead of what was expected to be the worst flood since records began in 1847. (Xinhua/Deng Liangkui) (ljh)

Typhoon Nesat

Residents carry a pig as their homes are flooded by rains caused by typhoon Nesat in Rizal Province, the Philippines, on Sept. 27, 2011. Disaster officials reported Tuesday that one dead and four other people missing as Philippines continues to brace for typhoon Pedring (int'l name Nesat). (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali) (zwx)

Residents evacuate from their homes as they are flooded by rains caused by typhoon Nesat in Rizal Province, the Philippines, on Sept. 27, 2011. Disaster officials reported Tuesday that one dead and four other people missing as Philippines continues to brace for typhoon Pedring (int'l name Nesat). (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali) (zwx)

Hainan Flood

An old woman walks in the water in Haikou of south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 6, 2011. Heavy rainfall poured onto the northeast part of Hainan Province on Oct. 5 and 6, causing waterlogging in multiple places. (Xinhua/Xia Guannan) (xzj)

A man wades on a flooded street in Haikou of south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 6, 2011. Heavy rainfall poured onto the northeast part of Hainan Province on Oct. 5 and 6, causing waterlogging in multiple places. (Xinhua/Xia Guannan) (xzj)