People walk in a street in the floodwaters, in Lat Phrao shopping and business district in Bangkok, on November 7, 2011.The Thai capital, built on swampland, is slowly sinking and the floods currently besieging Bangkok could be merely a foretaste of a grim future as climate change makes its impact felt, experts say. AFP PHOTO/ Nicolas ASFOURI (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP via Getty Images)
