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    November 20, 2011

Bangkok Residents Clean Up after Flood

   VOA News
   A Thai volunteer, left, pours detergent as others sweep a road during a
   cleaning drive after flood waters receded in Bangkok, Thailand,
   November 20, 2011. Photo: AP
   A Thai volunteer, left, pours detergent as others sweep a road during a
   cleaning drive after flood waters receded in Bangkok, Thailand,
   November 20, 2011.

   Residents of Bangkok, Thailand were hard at work cleaning up their city
   Sunday, during a "Big Cleaning Day" campaign launched by the city.
   Sunday saw blue skies, dry weather and hundreds of people with brooms
   sweeping mud and debris from homes, while teams of volunteers removed
   rotting piles of garbage from the streets, as flood waters finally
   began receding from the center of the capital.
   Thai government officials say flood waters have been receding steadily
   and that most streets in Bangkok, should be dry in two weeks.

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