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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.
26 December 2004: The Indian Ocean tsunami hit the west coast of Southern Thailand, resulting in 4,812 confirmed deaths, 8,458 injuries, and 4,499 missing in Thailand. 23 May 2006: Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding and landslides in Uttaradit, Sukhothai, Phrae, Lampang and Nan Provinces, resulting in 87 deaths.
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]
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 ...
The 2011 Thai floods occurred at the end of March 2011, normally the latter part of the dry season (Thai: ฤดูแล้ง, romanized: reutdu lang or หน้าแล้ง nah lang) in tropical Thailand. Heavy rain fell in the southern region, with over 120 centimetres (47 in) of rain falling in certain areas. [5]
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]
The floods triggered immediate political fallout in Malaysia. The Federal Minister for Housing and Local Government and Alor Setar MP Chor Chee Heung criticised the Kedah State government (led by the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, an opponent of Chor's Barisan Nasional coalition) for what he considered a slow response to the floods and the government's inexperience.
The 2016-17 Southern Thailand floods was a large scale flood disaster that occurred in southern Thailand from December 2016 to January 2017. It occurred during the country's annual monsoon season and was characterized as having the "worst rainfall in 30 years". [ 1 ]