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Thailand: Flood: 2001/08/11 Country Information on DRR

Period 2001/08/11
Country or District Thailand
Event Type Flood
Outline A flash flood swept down a mountainside through villages in Lomsak district of Phetchabun province,in northern Thailand. At least 48 people were killed, and 79 remain still missing.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others
death:170 people
displaced: 661 people
damage estimate :26 million dollars
damaged crops:about 200,000 hector
OCHA Situation Report No.1 2001/08/14
Death:164 Damage estimate:24 million dollars
Death: 87
Misshing: 34
All damaged house:160
damaged house:190
Damage estimate:8,700,000 dollar
The death toll :54 people
Missing: 70 people
About 70 mostly wooden houses in the affected areas were destroyed, leaving an estimated 400 villagers homeless.

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Report/Articles

The Times of India 2001/08/15
138 dead in Thai floods

The Nation 2001/08/28
Address needed to send assistance to flood victims

MSN News(Japanese page)

The Nation 2001/08/24
Accusations fly over flood relief

AFP (Relief Web) 2001/08/21
The death toll climb to 164.

CNN news 2001/08/15
Relief workers on elephants distributed aid Wednesday,and rescuers seached for bodies in villages destroyed by flash flooding that killed at least 143 people,officials said.

CNN news 2001/08/14
At least 21 primary school students,most of them girls,were killed when a flash flood torrent swept through a village in nothern Thailand.

BBC News 2001/08/12
Thailand floods kill 70

BBC News
Thailand's grim search for bodies

OCHA Situation Report No. 1 2001/08/14
Typhoon Usagi hit northern Thailand over the last weekend, causing flash floods.

MSN News (Japanese page)
(Japanese Page)

Reuters News
Death Toll in Thailand Flash Floods Hits 54

Asahi.com (Japanese page)

CNN News
Thai floods claim 73 as search intensifies

MSN News (Japanese page)