BANGKOK -- Heavy downpours that caused rivers to burst around Thailand have killed 57 people in nearly two weeks of flooding that officials are calling the worst in several decades, authorities said Wednesday.
A man holds his dog while walking through flood waters at the Buddha Antique Market in Bangkok October 27, 2010. [Photo/Agencies]
The fatalities have occurred in central, eastern and northeastern provinces and have affected more than 3 million people in 36 of Thailand's 76 provinces, government medical and disaster agencies said. The floods have eased in a third of those provinces.
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