Facing the high tide at night in Bangkok

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STORY: Thailand's tourist attractions and Chinatown in the capital were briefly flooded during the highest tide of the day on Saturday evening, as residents attempted to go about their lives as normal.
The normally bustling city center was flooded, as were the streets around the glittering Grand Palace and Temple of the Reclining Buddha, areas usually thronged with tourists.
Increasing water levels have inundated Chinatown, the Chinese community, though residents in the area attempt to continue their daily routines.
Bangkok's main waterway, the Chao Phraya River, overflowed its banks and flooded some areas on Saturday during unusually high tides in the Gulf of Thailand, about 20 km to the south.
The high tides will last until Monday.
Thailand's worst floods in half a century have killed 381 people since July.