Rising floods threaten central Bangkok
Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
Floodwaters in Thailand are creeping closer to the heart of Bangkok, with authorities warning millions to leave their homes in six city districts including areas just north of the city centre.
City officials said on Sunday that residents in the six districts faced “potential dangers to lives and properties” and urged them to move to emergency shelters.
Al Jazeera’s Wayne Hay reports from Bangkok.
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Flood waters advance on Bangkok
Posted by admin on May 8, 2012
Bangkok authorities are battling advancing Floods on several fronts, with parts of the northern outskirts of the Thai capital already under waist-deep water. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has warned it could take six weeks for the deadly flooding to recede, telling residents in the capital to prepare for possible inundation up to one metre deep.Duration: 02:10
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Tsunami Hits Thailand & South East Asia!
Posted by admin on Apr 5, 2012
Dedicated to all 2004 December 26th Boxing Day Tsunami Victims, families,those injured, and those otherwise affected.
The terrible devastation and the aftermath of this catastrophe caught on tape. The 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami was triggered by an earthquake off the north-west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It killed 230,000 people in a dozen Indian Ocean countries, 170,000 of them in Indonesia’s Aceh province alone.
Sri Lanka and Thailand were severely impacted by the tsunami on December 26, 2004. Tsunami Thailand 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Surprisingly, some islands right in the middle of the tsunami were not badly affected. It turns out their atolls, or coral reefs, absorbed much of the wave. The coral ridges protected them. In many regions of the Asian waters, there is a practice some fishermen use, of dynamiting the natural coral reefs to bring up fish. These barriers to the tsunami were no longer in place to deflect the water.
The disaster promoted a global outpouring of sympathy, with governments, individuals and corporations pledging more than $13 billion in aid. According to UN database, nearly two years after donors pledged billions to help the victims only half the money had been spent. Of the half a million people left homeless by the disaster, only a third have been permanently rehoused.
The public response to the tsunami was very untypical. A combination of events – the dramatic nature of the huge wave, its occurrence at Christmas, the size of the disaster, the fact that so many Westerners died, the availability of spectacular video footage and the extensive TV coverage that secured – meant that the global public gave far more than ever before. The money went to aid agencies that were too small to mastermind such a mammoth task. Oxfam has spent more than $280 million on disaster recovery work and is now more than three-quarters of the way through its response plan. Aid workers have helped more than 2.3 million people across seven countries to get back into their homes.Despite the outpouring of generosity from aid agencies and individuals, recipient countries say pledges by some governments have still not been honoured.
The earthquake triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing more than 230,000 people in eleven countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters With a magnitude of between 9.1 and 9.3, it is the second largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. This earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 cm (0.5 inches) and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska.
The disaster is known by the scientific community as the Great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake,and is also known as the Asian Tsunami and the Boxing Day Tsunami. Thailand: 5,393 confirmed dead, 3,071 missing. Many of the missing are presumed dead. Maldives: 82 dead, 26 missing.
Sri Lanka, which was second hardest hit by the catastrophe, stood at 30,957, according to the Centre for National Operations. The number of people listed as missing was 5637. In India, the official death toll was 10,749 with 5640 still reported missing and feared dead.
The latest disaster to hit Asia, Cyclone Nargis struck May 2008, bringing winds of up 120mph and flooding to the badly affected Irrawaddy Delta region, Burma Myanmar. The cyclone had left twice as many people vulnerable as the 2004 Asian tsunami.
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Tsunami Thailand (Koh Phi Phi) – 2004
Posted by admin on Mar 20, 2012
Tsunami hit Ko Phi Phi in Thailand near Phuket.
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Kalle Widelius
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Floods and drought threaten Thailand crops
Posted by admin on Feb 1, 2012
Some areas in Thailand are suffering from drought, while other areas are still reeling from last years Floods that destroyed its rice crops.
Experts warn of another heavy wet season, and the government is being critisised for not doing enough to release water from the hydro-power stations to help the disaster stricken areas.
Water management has long been a problem in Thailand. The government has announced a plan to try to prevent another disaster, but with early rains forecast, it may be another difficult year for all concerned.
Al Jazeera’s Wayne Hay reports from Tak province, Thailand.
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Bangkok to the Edge of the Flooding – 25 October 2011
Posted by admin on Dec 29, 2011
Best viewed in HD – full screen mode.
A visit to the edge of the present extent of the flooding north of Bangkok. The flood waters have reached the Don Mueang area. This video includes clips of the flooding from Wat Don Mueang northward approximately 2 Km. showing the flood waters and some of the people affected by the flooding.
Minimal editing, native background sounds.
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SE Asia floods ravage Thailand’s north
Posted by admin on Dec 25, 2011
Continuing monsoon rains are devastating parts of Thailand as it swamps through Southeast Asia.
The ongoing disaster that began two months ago has deluged one third of Thailand.
Twenty-three provinces have been affected and one of its largest cities is being prepared for evacuation.
Chiang Mai, a popular tourist destination in Thailand’s north, has become the latest area to be affected by the rising water levels.
Muddy flows have overflowed into the city centre, transporting streets into waterways and making boats the only mode of transport available.
Al Jazeera’s Wayne Hay reports.
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Pattaya Street Flooding, Sept 11, 2011
Posted by admin on Dec 12, 2011
In Thailand, one thing is for sure, it rains. September tends to have a lot of rainfall. It’s not unusual for it to rain 2 inches per hour…for several hours. This video clip was recorded on September 11th, 2011 after a very heavy storm brought about 12 inches of rain the prior night. As you can see, the Thai people simply smile and go on with life. My Yamaha motorbike stalled when attempting to drive from Soi Boukow to a small Soi where where the water was too deep. Luckily, I had my camera with me.
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Thailand floods displace more than 100,000
Posted by admin on Dec 11, 2011
http://www.euronews.net/ A third of Thailand’s provinces have been badly affected by flooding that has left 356 people dead.
At an industrial estate in Pathum Thani, the collapse of flood barriers on Friday, meant the closure of 47 factories and damage costing nearly three quarters of a billion euros at that site alone.
Meanwhile, the country’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is urging all agencies to do what they can to protect the capital, Bangkok. Efforts are being made to divert water to the north of the city, then out to sea.
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Businesses angry over Thai flood handling
Posted by admin on Dec 10, 2011
Thailand’s flood disaster will be high on the agenda as Southeast Asian nations gather on the Indonesian island of Bali for the annual ASEAN conference.
Members are expected to agree to greater co-operation when it comes to flood prevention.
But many businesses and citizens in Thailand say they have been let down by the government, as Al Jazeera’s Wayne Hay reports.
Many Thais are arguing that the economic and social impact of the long-running flood has been made worse by miscommunication and a lack of co-ordination from government agencies.
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