Thailand
The Murderous Mekong
Massive floods submerge Thailand and three neigboring countries. Environmental activists blame China's construction of dams and a navigation channel along the upper reaches of the Mekong.
October 26, 2011
THE old woman used all her strength to row a small boat toward her home in Thailand's old city of Ayutthaya.The woman, Chaba, had to duck down as the boat entered the second floor of her flooded house. The first floor of the wooden structure is no longer visible, submerged under 3-meter-high brownish floodwaters.
Chaba and 20 of her family members are forced to stay in severely cramped conditions on the second floor of the house. For access to foo
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