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]

A Thai woman and her daughter walk 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]