Thai bomb squad officials inspect the site of an explosion in Bangkok on Feb. 14, 2012.

A damaged taxi lies on the road at the site of an explosion in Bangkok on Feb. 14, 2012.

Bomb squad officials inspect the site using a magnet to pick up shrapnel pieces on Feb. 14, 2012.

Food vendors continue to ply their trade in the middle of rising water on the flooded Meenburi Road in the east of Bangkok. This is one part of Bangkok which has endured rising floodwaters over the past two weeks as the floodwaters which have inundated large parts of the country move through Bangkok towards the sea. Currently the water is knee high and these stallholders said that they will keep their street food carts open until the water is waist high.

A man reads a newspaper as he sits in his flooded shop in the Wijit Kolnimit Community of Bangkok. Thailand is experiencing the worst flooding in over 50 years which has affected more than nine million people.

Moo Baan Prapin runs a superstore in the Petronas gas station in the Taweewattana District, Bangkok. "It turns out that our business here after the water reached us is much better than when there was no water. We can sell a lot, my friend and I quite enjoy it. We at first put stuff in a plastic tub and floated it from house to house to sell stuff and that went really well but then I got bitten by a big leech. We both got really scared so we stopped doing that, instead we put stuff out in the front of the house and do our business at home, it works as well."

A man pulls a makeshift raft carrying his friends and with a Thai national flag attached as they make their way through a newly flooded neighborhood in Bangkok's suburbs November 11, 2011.

A man look out to an flooded and empty intersection in Bangkok, on November 11, 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.

Thai commuters pack a crowded truck heading home from work through heavily flooded downtown streets Nov. 11, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Across the country, the flooding which is now in its third month, has affected 25 of Thailand's 64 provinces.

People stand on a bus as it drives through the floodwaters in a street in Lat Phrao shopping and business district in Bangkok, on Nov. 7.

Planes sit on a flooded tarmac at the Don Muang domestic airport in Bangkok, Thailand on Nov. 7. The airport has been closed for weeks.

A mother and child travel inside a plastic tub as flood waters inundated a new residential area in Bangkok on Nov. 7.

Soldiers drive armoured vehicles through a flooded street as they move them to higher ground in Bangkok on Nov. 2..Thai authorities tried to stem growing anger among flood victims on Tuesday as water swamped new neighbourhoods and the government began mapping out a plan costing billions of dollars to prevent a repeat disaster and secure investor confidence.

A Thai roadside vendor sits on a platform of her submerged shop in a flooded neighborhood in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Nov. 2.

A Thai man washes in floodwaters along the Chao Praya river in Bangkok on Nov. 2. Thai authorities warned flood victims of an increased danger of electrocution in densely populated Bangkok and its suburbs as the toll from the worst inundation in decades surged above 400.

Residents receive water from soldiers as they stand on a flooded street in Bangkok on November 2. Authorities in the Thai capital repaired a damaged flood gate on Wednesday that has become the focus of anger, fear and rivalry between arms of government battling the country's worst floods in decades.

Thai flood victims who took shelter at Don Muang airport swim in the floodwater next to a parking ramp in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, Nov. 2. Monsoon rains since July have inundated a third of Thailand, costing billions of dollars in damage to submerged homes, businesses and crops. The worst-hit provinces are just north of Bangkok, but floodwaters began swamping districts on the capital's northern outskirts last month.

Residents walk along a major flooded intersection in the Thonburi area of Bangkok, Thailand, on October 31. Thousands of flood victims have been forced to take shelter at crowded evacuation centers around the capital. Thailand is experiencing the worst flooding in over 50 years which has affected more than nine million people.

Residents wade through floodwaters at Bang Phlat district in Bangkok on Nov. 1. Higher than normal tides pushing into the Chao Phraya river from the Gulf of Thailand in recent days have complicated efforts to drain floodwaters flowing from the country's central heartland, where vast areas have been submerged for up to two months.

Buddhist monks paddle through a flooded temple where hundreds of victims found shelter, in Bangkok on November 1. Anger mounted among victims of Thailand's catastrophic floods on Tuesday as water flooded new neighborhoods as it made its way to sea.

Thai residents make their way across a flooded street near to the rising waters of the Chao Phraya river on October 29, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Around 370 people have died in flood-related incidents since late July according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Thailand is experiencing the worst flooding in 50 years with damages running as high as USD 6 billion which could increase as the floods swamp Bangkok.

Men paddle their makeshift raft through a flooded street in central Bangkok October 29, 2011. Receding floodwaters north of Bangkok have reduced the threat to the Thai capital, the prime minister said Saturday, but high tides in the Gulf of Thailand will still test the city's flood defences.

A man drinks water on a mattress floating along a flooded street in central Bangkok October 29, 2011. Receding floodwaters north of Bangkok have reduced the threat to the Thai capital, the prime minister said Saturday, but high tides in the Gulf of Thailand will still test the city's flood defences.

Thai residents use an improvised raft as they move to higher ground along a flooded area in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. The complex network of flood defenses erected to shield Thailand's capital from the country's worst floods in nearly 60 years was put to the test Saturday as coastal high tides hit their peak.

Local residents use rafts in an area near the Chao Praya river in Bangkok on October 29, 2011. Floods engulfing parts of the Thai capital should start to recede soon, the prime minister said on October 29, after barriers along Bangkok's swollen main river prevented a disastrous overflow.

A Thai man takes pictures with his son on a custom-built tricycle designed to go through floodwaters in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday Oct. 28, 2011.

A woman pushes dogs in a basin through a flooded street in Bangkok October 28, 2011.

Residents fish from a sandbag barrier built to protect their neighborhood from floods advancing into central Bangkok October 28, 2011.

A man wearing a life jacket floats as floodwaters rise in central Bangkok October 27, 2011.

A Thai woman struggles to walk as floodwater gushes through a market place near the Grand Palace Bangkok, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011.

A woman crosses a barrier made of sand bags as she leaves a shop in the financial district of Bangkok on October 27, 2011.

Residents walk past near empty shelves at a supermarket in Bangkok on October 27, 2011. Thailand's premier warned nervous Bangkok citizens that incoming floods could last for four weeks.

Buddhist monks and other passengers travel on a bus through the flooded streets of central Bangkok October 27, 2011. Thailand's prime minister said Bangkok was fighting the forces of nature on Thursday as floodwater threatened to break through dikes protecting the capital and residents took to the road after the government told them to leave if they could.

Flood victims leave from flooded areas in a truck in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011.

People talk about the floods next to the Chao Praya river in Bangkok, on October 26, 2011. Thailand's premier warned nervous Bangkok citizens that incoming floods could last for four weeks, as waters inched nearer the city center on the eve of an emergency five-day holiday.

A woman rests after being evacuated to a shelter set up at the Sports Science Centre in Bangkok from an area affected by the floods October 26, 2011.

A man pushes his boat with a passenger past a shop selling Buddha images in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Oct. 24. Bangkok Gov. Sukhumbhand Paribatra issued a dramatic warning to residents of the Thai capital to prepare for floodwaters to roll deeper into the city from suburban areas already choking under the deluge.

A general view of highways partially submerged in the floodwaters in Bangkok Oct. 24. More districts of Thailand's capital were on high alert on Monday with floods bearing down from northern Bangkok and authorities faced a race against time to pump water towards the sea and defend the business district.

Thai volunteers set the place for flood affected people residing at Sports Science Centre inside The Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 24. Some 3,500 flood affected people will be moved from Thammasat University Rangsit campus to Ratchamangkala Stadium, as the university is under water and power and tap water supplies have been cut. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra warned people in parts of Bangkok to expect floods as water from northern provinces had reached the capital.