Overall Green alert Flood
in Thailand

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This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103027
Death: 0
Displaced: 500
Countries: Thailand
From - To 26 Nov - 28 Nov

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Malaysia, Thailand - Floods, update (ECHO 08 Dec 2024)Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:38

  • Very heavy rainfall, due to the Northeast Monsoon (MTL), continues to affect the Peninsular Malaysia, the East Malaysia, the Malaysian Borneo island and southern Thailand since mid-November, causing floods and flash floods that have resulted in an increased number of casualties and damage. The death toll across both countries reached an unconfirmed number of 27 fatalities.
  • In Malaysia, media report as of 3 December, seven fatalities across Kelantan, and Terenggan states , Peninsular Malaysia, and Sarawak states, East Malaysia. The Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) also reports more than 144,050 displaced people across the affected area, where the worst affected is the Kelantan state with alone over 82,600 displaced people.
  • In Thailand, media report as of the same date, around 20 unconfirmed fatalities, and a total of approximately 434,000 affected families in ten provinces across the country, where the most affected are the southern provinces.
  • Over the next 72 hours, very heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole Malaysia and over the far southern Thailand.
Southern Thailand, Late November 2024Local media reported displacements following flooding in provinces of southern Thailand in late November 2024.Thu 28 Nov 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),