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The death toll from the worst floods in decades in southern Thailand and northern Malaysia climbed to at least 12 on Saturday, authorities said, as tens of thousands of people were evacuated due ...
In Malaysia, at least 122,000 people have been forced out of their homes as floods in several northern states worsened over the weekend. The death toll climbed to four in the most affected parts ...
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 ...
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.
Flooding has hit 48 of Thailand's 77 provinces, with the death toll rising by three to 107 people, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said in a statement today. The waters have impacted a tenth of the country's 66 million people and damaged more than 3 percent of total agricultural land. [29]
A decade-old separatist insurgency in overwhelmingly Buddhist Thailand's largely ethnic Malay-Muslim provinces of Yala, Pattani, and, Narathiwat has killed nearly 7,000 people since 2004 ...
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.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand said the turboprop plane, a Cessna Caravan C208B operated by the Thai Flying Service Company, had departed Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport at 2:46 p.m ...