Local residents row a boat in water in Ayutthaya, about 80 kilometers north to Bangkok, on Oct. 22. 2010. The death toll of the flood, which has been ravaging nearly one-third of Thailand's provinces since weekend, rose to 19, and 1,280,344 people had been affected, said the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Friday. [Xinhua]

Local residents buy food by boat in Ayutthaya, about 80 kilometers north to Bangkok, on Oct. 22. 2010. The death toll of the flood, which has been ravaging nearly one-third of Thailand's provinces since weekend, rose to 19, and 1,280,344 people had been affected, said the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Friday. [Xinhua]