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Nightly Business Report | Thai Floating House Adapts to Floodwaters | PBS

Duration: 04:14
Program: Nightly Business Report #31039
Broadcast Date: Aug. 25, 2011

As climate change makes weather more unpredictable, floating homes that can rise based on the water level could help those vulnerable to flooding adapt.

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