. The prime minister 's promises came as murky waters continued to move towards Bangkok 's city center . `` The situation is quite serious . The water is making ground slowly but surely towards the heart of Bangkok , '' flood relief co-ordinator Rungsun Munkong told CNN . He said thousands of people were refusing to leave their homes despite orders to evacuate to outer provinces . `` I believe thousands of people are in their homes and are still not evacuating , '' Rungsun said . '' -LRB- They -RRB- possibly will be stranded with little food and water as time goes by . '' Relief workers , distributing aid to evacuation centers in central Bangkok , said they were struggling to reach residents determined to wait out the crisis in tower blocks . `` I think it will be difficult down the road to get help to these people , '' Rungsun said . `` People need clean water , that 's the first important thing . Cooked ready-to-eat food is also quite important , baby milk and so on . '' Thailand has been inundated with its worst flood in half a century , affecting at
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As filthy floodwater continued to seep towards central Bangkok , Thailand 's Prime Minister laid out a three-point plan to get the country back on its feet after the worst flooding in 50 years . Immediate aid will be issued to people whose homes and businesses have been destroyed by the deluge which has claimed more than 500 lives since July , Yingluck Shinawatra announced Tuesday . `` This disaster is the biggest that we have ever met . We 're trying to cope with situation and help as much as we can , '' she said . `` We ca n't stop all flooding but we will try to reduce the impact . '' Aid packages will be offered to people to help restore homes and businesses as part of a short-term recovery plan over the coming year . Details are expected to be announced next week . Longer-term plans include the formation of two committees , one to oversee reconstruction and future development and the other to manage water resources . Yingluck acknowledged criticism of the official response to the disaster by setting herself a deadline of one year to win back public confidence