Floods in Vietnam

Even though their district of Hanoi, Vietnam, was flooded, people wanted to pose or wave at me, Nov. 4, 2008.

Vu Giam An, 3, rests on a homemade Syrofoam raft outside his house in the heavily flooded Hoang Mai District of Hanoi, Vietnam, Nov. 4, 2008.

A man floats with his motorbike in the Hoang Mai District of Hanoi, Vietnam, during the country's flood, Nov. 4, 2008.

During Vietnam's flood, water on the streets was waist-deep fairly consistently and neck-deep at certain points. Here, a man commutes on the flooded streets riding a homemade boat made of small pieces of wood for paddles, Nov. 4, 2008.

The flooded streets of Hanoi's Hoang Mai District became canals and residents shuttled back and forth on the flood waters using all kinds of homemade floating vessels, Nov. 4, 2008.