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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG KHAM PROI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A farm worker sits on the edge of a rice field he works in. He said his fields are one of the few in the area that still have water because they are lower than surrounding fields. He said he provides some water to neighboring farmers. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG KHAM PROI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND:   Workers at a factory in Bung Kham Proi walk through a dried out rice field on their way to work. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Smoke billows up from a fire burning in the landfill in Samut Prakan. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG KHAM PROI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND:   Workers at a factory in Bung Kham Proi walk through a dried out rice field on their way to work. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: A Thai government worker (right) interviews residents of a landfill in the evacution center in Phraeksa, Samut Prakan province. Hundreds of people who live near the landfill were evacuated out of the area because of a fire buring in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: People in Phraeksa, Samut Prakan province, wearing breathing filters because of the heavy smoke over the city from a fire in a nearby landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThailandDrought2014051.jpg
  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Residents of a landfill wear breathing filters because of the smoke from a fire burning in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:    People walk through smoke out a landfill in Samut Prakan province. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThailandDrought2014034.jpg
  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG THONG LONG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A farmer preps his fields before planting rice. He said he hopes to get a crop out of the field even though he doesn't have enough water. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG THONG LONG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A farmer preps his fields before planting rice. He said he hopes to get a crop out of the field even though he doesn't have enough water. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG THONG LONG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A farmer preps his fields before planting rice. He said he hopes to get a crop out of the field even though he doesn't have enough water. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - LAM LUK KA, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A couple rides their tractor through their rice field in Pathum Thani province. The drought in central Thailand has cut the  rice crop by about one third. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: A person evacuated from a fire buring in a landfill in Samut Prakan sleeps in the evacution center in Phraeksa, Samut Prakan province. Hundreds of people who live near the landfill were evacuated out of the area because of a fire buring in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: Firefighters try to put out a fire burning in a landfill in Samut Prakan province about 40 miles from Bangkok. The landfill is built on a bog and firefighters and volunteers battling the fire were falling through the matted vegetation into the swamp beneath. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThailandDrought2014047.jpg
  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Residents of a landfill try to put out a fire burning in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG THONG LONG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A fallow field burns in Pathum Thani province. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThailandDrought2014031.jpg
  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG THONG LONG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A farmer preps his fields before planting rice. He said he hopes to get a crop out of the field even though he doesn't have enough water. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG THONG LONG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A farmer preps his fields before planting rice. He said he hopes to get a crop out of the field even though he doesn't have enough water. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - LAM LUK KA, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A farmer tries to start the irrigation pump in his rice field in Pathum Thani. She said the drought in central Thailand would cut her rice crop and family income by at least one third. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - LAM LUK KA, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A woman tries to start the irrigation pump in her rice field in Pathum Thani. She said the drought in central Thailand would cut her rice crop and family income by at least one third. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - LAM LUK KA, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A woman rides her bike to her rice field in Pathum Thani. She was going out to irrigate her fields. She said the drought in central Thailand would cut her rice crop and family income by at least one third. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG THONG LONG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND:  A duck wrangler walks through a rice field in Pathum Thani province. His ducks work in the rice fields, they go through the fields eating bugs and pests that hurt the rice crop. He said the drought has made it harder for his ducks to work because there isn't enough water in the fields for the ducks to swim through the field. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG KHAM PROI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: Burned out rice fields in Pathum Thani province. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG KHAM PROI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A farm worker sits on the edge of a rice field he works in. He said his fields are one of the few in the area that still have water because they are lower than surrounding fields. He said he provides some water to neighboring farmers. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG KHAM PROI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A farm worker sits on the edge of a rice field he works in. He said his fields are one of the few in the area that still have water because they are lower than surrounding fields. He said he provides some water to neighboring farmers. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG KHAM PROI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND:  A nearly empty fish pond in Pathum Thani province. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: A Thai government worker takes air quality readings in the evacution center in Phraeksa, Samut Prakan province. Hundreds of people who live near the landfill were evacuated out of the area because of a fire buring in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: People in Phraeksa, Samut Prakan province, wearing breathing filters because of the heavy smoke over the city from a fire in a nearby landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThailandDrought2014052.jpg
  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: Firefighters try to put out a fire burning in a landfill in Samut Prakan province about 40 miles from Bangkok. The landfill is built on a bog and firefighters and volunteers battling the fire were falling through the matted vegetation into the swamp beneath. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: Firefighters try to put out a fire burning in a landfill in Samut Prakan province about 40 miles from Bangkok. The landfill is built on a bog and firefighters and volunteers battling the fire were falling through the matted vegetation into the swamp beneath. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  A resident of a landfill wears a breathing mask because of the smoke coming off of a fire buring in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Residents of a landfill wear breathing filters because of the smoke from a fire burning in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Residents of a landfill try to put out a fire burning in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Residents of a landfill try to put out a fire burning in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  A resident of a landfill wears a breathing mask because of the smoke coming off of a fire buring in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThailandDrought2014037.jpg
  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:    Residents of a landfill try to put out a fire burning in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG THONG LONG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A fallow field burns in Pathum Thani province. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG THONG LONG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A farmer preps his fields before planting rice. He said he hopes to get a crop out of the field even though he doesn't have enough water. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - LAM LUK KA, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A woman tries to start the irrigation pump in her rice field in Pathum Thani. She said the drought in central Thailand would cut her rice crop and family income by at least one third. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - LAM LUK KA, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A woman rides her bike to her rice field in Pathum Thani. She was going out to irrigate her fields. She said the drought in central Thailand would cut her rice crop and family income by at least one third. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG THONG LONG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND:  A duck wrangler walks through a rice field in Pathum Thani province. His ducks work in the rice fields, they go through the fields eating bugs and pests that hurt the rice crop. He said the drought has made it harder for his ducks to work because there isn't enough water in the fields for the ducks to swim through the field. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG KHAM PROI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A farm worker sits on the edge of a rice field he works in. He said his fields are one of the few in the area that still have water because they are lower than surrounding fields. He said he provides some water to neighboring farmers. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG KHAM PROI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A farm worker sits on the edge of a rice field he works in. He said his fields are one of the few in the area that still have water because they are lower than surrounding fields. He said he provides some water to neighboring farmers. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG KHAM PROI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A dried rice field in Pathum Thani province. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  A resident of a landfill wears a breathing mask because of the smoke coming off of a fire buring in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG THONG LONG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A fallow field burns in Pathum Thani province. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG THONG LONG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A farmer preps his fields before planting rice. He said he hopes to get a crop out of the field even though he doesn't have enough water. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - LAM LUK KA, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A woman on the edge of her rice field in Pathum Thani province. She said the drought in central Thailand would cut her rice crop and family income by at least one third. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG THONG LONG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND:  Domesticated ducks walk through a rice field in Pathum Thani province. The ducks work in the rice fields, they go through the fields eating bugs and pests that hurt the rice crop. The ducks' owner said the drought has made it harder for his ducks to work because there isn't enough water in the fields for the ducks to swim through the field. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: A Thai government worker takes air quality readings in the evacution center in Phraeksa, Samut Prakan province. Hundreds of people who live near the landfill were evacuated out of the area because of a fire buring in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Residents of a landfill try to put out a fire burning in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG KHAM PROI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: Burned out rice fields in Pathum Thani province. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG KHAM PROI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND:   Workers at a factory in Bung Kham Proi walk through a dried out rice field on their way to work. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: People in Phraeksa, Samut Prakan province, wearing breathing filters because of the heavy smoke over the city from a fire in a nearby landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - PHRAEKSA, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:    Residents of a landfill try to put out a fire burning in the landfill. A fire apparently spontaneously started in the landfill in Samut Prakan over the weekend and threatens the homes of workers who live near the landfill. The fire Officials said the fire started when garbage in the landfill burst into flames and the flames were spread by hot, dry winds. Hundreds of people have been evacuated because of the fire and acrid smoke from the fire has spread as far as Bangkok. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 MARCH 2014 - BUNG KHAM PROI, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A dried rice field in Pathum Thani province. It hasn't rained in central Thailand in more than three months, impacting agriculture and domestic water use. Many farms are running short of irrigration water and salt water from the Gulf of Siam has come up the Chao Phraya River and infiltrated the water plants in Pathum Thani province that serve Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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