People paddle and wade through floodwaters at Lod Praow district in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Thailand's record floods encroached deeper into the capital Friday, swamping a major intersection in the northern edge of the city center and threatening the subway system. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
People paddle and wade through floodwaters at Lod Praow district in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Thailand's record floods encroached deeper into the capital Friday, swamping a major intersection in the northern edge of the city center and threatening the subway system. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A Thai woman holds her dog as wading through floodwaters at Lod Praow district in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Thailand's record floods encroached deeper into the capital Friday, swamping a major intersection in the northern edge of the city center and threatening the subway system. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A Thai soldier helps a Thai Buddhist monk wade through floodwaters at Lod Praow district in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Thailand's record floods encroached deeper into the capital Friday, swamping a major intersection in the northern edge of the city center and threatening the subway system. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A boy sit in floodwater next to garbage bins at Salaya district in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. Skin diseases and fungal infections are the flood's biggest plague so far with nearly 100,000 cases of athlete's foot reported. Bouts of diarrhea and respiratory infections are also common, especially with many flood victims sheltering together in hot, cramped sites that may not have electricity or clean water. (AP Photo/Karntachat Raungratanaampon)
Thai flood victims get aid package from officials at their flooded apartment at Salaya district in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. Floods continue to inch closer to Bangkok's business district as Thailand experiences it's worst floods in more than half a century. (AP Photo/Karntachat Raungratanaampon)
BANGKOK (AP) ? Thailand's record floods encroached deeper into the capital Friday, swamping a major intersection in the northern edge of the city center and threatening the subway system.
The water from the country's worst flooding in more than half a century was filling Bangkok's Lad Phrao intersection, where three major roads meet. Office towers, condominiums and a popular shopping mall are in the area, where local media say the water is 15 inches (40 centimeters) deep. The intersection is just down the street from the famed Chatuchak Weekend Market, a key tourist attraction.
Three stations in Bangkok's subway system are being closely monitored but are still open. Steel barriers have been put around the underground stations in recent weeks to protect against possible inundation.
The flooding, which started in the country's north in late July and has killed almost 450 people nationwide, has been spreading across Bangkok's north and west for more than a week.
The government has asked residents in eight of the city's 50 districts to evacuate. Residents in several other districts have been warned that they should be ready to leave.
The water has yet to reach the city's central business district.
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