By: Tomas

Where is Thailand?

Water Levels Rise in Thailand

Floods started in June

Thailand Floods have killed 281 people

4 people are missing

What other damage has there been? Over 2.5 million acres of farmland

have been wiped out

Over half a million square km in Thailand have been affected

60 out of 77 provinces in Thailand have been flooded

What Problems could this cause? The cost of the disaster could be 3.9 billion

dollars

The floods could limit hard drive production

The floods will spread out and hit the Philippines, Bangkok and other close countries

What do people have to say about this? “ It’s really quite serious, these are the

worst floods in Thailand since 1949.“ Matthew Cochrane, spokesperson for the International

Red Cross in Bangkok

"For Bangkok we are still confident that the inner part of the city will be safe from (flooding),“

Thitima Chaisaeng, Thailand government spokesperson

.

Sources

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/12/world/asia/thailand-floods/index.html?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-07/thailand-floods-reach-crisis-level-threaten-bangkok-prime-minister-says.html

http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/12/flooding-in-thailand-could-curtail-hard-drive-production/

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/12/world/asia/asias-wet-and-wild-summer-explained/

Lets Watch This!

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/12/world/asia/thailand-floods/index.html?