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Thailand cycles yearly between drought and flooding. Breaking this cycle was the subject of the "Sustainable Water Management Forum 2016" in Bangkok. The event hosted water management specialists from countries which have dealt with water management challenges such as the Netherlands, Israel, and Singapore.
The Mekong, and its major tributaries Mae Mun and Mae Chi all experienced flooding. In Khon Kaen Province alone, floods destroyed close to 350,000 350,000 rai (56,000 ha; 220 sq mi) of land, stranding 315 families of Mai Si Wilai village in the middle of the swollen Nong Kong Kaew Lake in Chonnabot District, while in Phra Lap municipality on the outskirts of Khon Kaen city, over 700 displaced ...
Major rubber plantations in southern Thailand provide a large portion of the nation's rubber supply. As a result of the floods, the estimated production for 2016–2017 was 10% lower. [15] The continuous floods and persistent rain ruined close to 1 million rai of cropland. Over 990,000 rai were for planting crops, 39,000 rai for animal farms ...
Heavy rains in central and northeastern Thailand caused new flooding on Monday, with authorities forced to release water into an already swollen river after a reservoir reached full capacity, and ...
Floods in Thailand have killed 14 people and badly affected southern holiday islands as the country heads into the December-January high season for tourism. Heavy flooding in Thailand kills 14 ...
At least 53 people died and almost nine million people were affected by the floods after localized heavy rains. [3] The flooding affected 50 of Thailand's 76 provinces. [6] Close to 160,000 ha (400,000 acres) of land were submerged. [2] Around 5,000 households were evacuated, [7] in addition to hundreds of tourists.
Beginning on 14 December 2014, a series of floods from the northeast monsoon hit Indonesia, [11] West Malaysia, Southern Thailand, and later Sri Lanka in South Asia.More than 100,000 people were evacuated in Indonesia, 200,000 in Malaysia, and several thousand in Thailand. [12]
In Thailand, late November flooding disaster impacted over 135,000 households, prompting extensive emergency response efforts in both nations. Thailand's southern regions recorded rainfall exceeding 90 millimetres within a 24-hour period. [1] The extensive flooding resulted in one fatality and the displacement of over 2,700 people. [36]