People queue to buy bus tickets to leave the Thai capital at a bus terminal in Bangkok Oct 27, 2011. Thailand's prime minister said Bangkok was fighting the forces of nature on Thursday as rising flood waters undermined dikes protecting the capital and residents took to the road at the start of a five-day holiday called to let them escape. [Photo/Agencies]

A man sits among his belongings as he waits to leave the Thai capital at a bus terminal in Bangkok Oct 27, 2011. Thailand's prime minister said Bangkok was fighting the forces of nature on Thursday as rising flood waters undermined dikes protecting the capital and residents took to the road at the start of a five-day holiday called to let them escape. [Photo/Agencies]