A Man Pulls His Boat Through Floodwaters
Date: 18-Aug-08
Country: LAOS
Author: Stringer
Photo: Stringer
The Mekong, which flows 4,350 km (2,700 miles) from the glaciers of Tibet to the rice-rich delta of southern Vietnam, hit 13.68 metres (44.88 feet) in Vientiane on Thursday, trouncing a high of 12.38 metres (40.61 feet) recorded in 1966, the worst floods in living memory.
