Thailand - Nationwide floods worsen as toll reaches 100

[Gert van der Hoek]

Thai floods worsen as toll reaches 12

October 20, 2010 -

The worst flooding to hit parts of Thailand in decades has inundated about a quarter of the country, officials said on Wednesday, as the death toll from fast rising waters climbed to 12.

Rescue teams helped evacuate stranded people by boat as homes and huge swathes of farmland have been deluged, while in Bangkok people living on the banks of the Chao Phraya River were braced for overflowing waters.

"The flooding in many provinces remains critical and the water has spread widely, leaving about one fourth of Thailand flooded," said interior minister Chavarat Charnvirakul.

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Thailand floods kill 56, start to spread disease

Tuesday, 26 October 2010 15:23

BANGKOK - Floodwaters that have swamped central Thailand since last week have claimed 56 lives and spread flood-related diseases to at least 170,000 people, health officials said Tuesday.

Health Minister Jurin Raksannawisit said 49 of the 56 dead had drowned and the remaining seven had died from flood-related accidents, such as electrocution.

With 25 of Thailand's 77 provinces inundated, the Public Health Ministry has stepped up monitoring for the spread of flood-related diseases, such as leptospirosis, dengue, malaria, influenza, kidney ailments and stress, Jurin said.
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[Gert van der Hoek]

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Death toll rises to 68 in Thailand floods

Bangkok,Thailand (CNN) -- The death toll from this month's floods in Thailand has risen to 68, the country's Emergency Medical Institute said Thursday.

The heavy rains that started earlier this month could intensify in the next couple days.

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[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Thailand - Floods worsen nationwide as toll reaches 100

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Now South Thailand has been hit by floods too.



Phatthalung flood disaster zone

Published: 2/11/2010 at 12:31 PM

All 11 districts in the southern province of Phatthalung have been declared flood disaster zones on Tuesday following heavy rains and flash floods last night.

Bangkok Post

10,000 People Stranded as Flash Floods Hit S.Thailand

Ten thousands of locals and tourists are stuck in Had Yai district in Thailand's southern Songkhla province as flash floods hit Tuesday morning, the mayor said.

Had Yai Mayor Prai Pattano said flood waters have inundated 80 percent of the overall area of Had Yai and around 30,000 households have been already affected by flooding.

CRIenglish

Thailand's flood crisis hits south, clears hospital

BANGKOK—Thai hospital staff said they were forced to evacuate patients on Monday as the kingdom's flooding crisis, which has killed more than 100 people in three weeks, spread to the south.

Na Thawi district hospital in Songkhla province was forced to close and transfer 37 patients to another medical center after the area was hit by early morning flash floods, director Suwat Viriyapongsukit said.

"Floods have reached the building at around one meter high and we cannot operate," he told AFP.

Authorities say the nationwide floods, which began on October 10, have affected about five million people and left 101 dead, although until now they were mostly in central, northern and eastern parts of the country.

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