This Thai resident wouldn't have any idea how else to place his drowning furniture if the water level kept rising.<br/> Getting around by boats or walking on makeshift elevated pathways is a common sight after nearly two months of flooding.<br/> But people are getting tired of the water, and want their normal lives back.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) 51-YEAR-OLD NONTHABURI RESIDENT, SAMART SOIPRASERT, SAYING:<br/> "I'm stressed. Although this place floods every year, it has never been this bad. I'm so stressed because so many things have been damaged."<br/> Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra visited the Chao Phraya river on Sunday to oversee an engine starting ceremony.<br/> The government has called on one thousand boats to keep their engines running to help speed up the water flow.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) THAI PRIME MINISTER, YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, SAYING:<br/> "The project at Khlong Lad Po has helped to release 50 million cubic metres of water. Even if it is a small amount compared to the water from the river this measure is considered to be efficient and worth doing."<br/> Nearly 300 people have been killed since July in the worst floods to hit Thailand in 50 years.<br/> Flooding has devastated a third of the country and caused about $3 billion in damage.<br/> Sophia Soo, Reuters.
