Thai Floodwaters Rise Near Bangkok, Tests Defenses

Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Daniel Ten Kate reports from Bangkok about the floodwaters that threaten the city. Efforts to bolster levees to protect the capital, which sits on a river basin the size of Florida that drains into the Gulf of Thailand, have slowed the dispersal of floodwaters that swamped farms and manufacturing hubs north of the city. He speaks with Owen Thomas on Bloomberg Television's "Countdown." (Source: Bloomberg)