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 1102925
Death: 2
Displaced: 100
Countries: Thailand
From - To 01 Oct - 12 Oct

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Thailand - Floods (ECHO 16 Oct 2024)Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:03

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting the far southern Thailand, in particular the Nakhon Si Thammarat and the Yala provinces in the Malay peninsula since 11 October, causing floods and flash floods that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • Media report, as of 15 October, three fatalities, of which two in the Phrom Khiri district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province and one more in the Betong district, Yala province. In addition, media also reports six evacuated people, four rescued people and two destroyed houses across both the aforementioned districts.
  • Over the next 96 hours, more heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole of peninsular Thailand.
Southern Thailand, Mid-October 2024Local media in Thailand reported fatalities following flooding in southern provinces in mid-October 2024.Sun 13 Oct 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),