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Indonesians blame deforestation for flood devastation
Published on 02/12/2025
» South Tapanuli, Indonesia - Reliwati Siregar gestured angrily at deforestation around her home on the island of Sumatra, where landslides and floods brought by a tropical storm killed more than 700 people in its deadliest disaster since a cataclysmic tsunami in 2004.
Hat Yai faces mental health crisis
Published on 02/12/2025
» The southern floods and their aftermath have led to rising psychological distress among Hat Yai flood victims, with new assessments showing 65 people at risk of suicide, according to the Department of Mental Health.
Chia Tai Extends Support to Flood-Affected Communities in Southern Thailand
Published on 02/12/2025
» Chia Tai Company Limited, Thailand’s leading innovative agricultural company, has expressed deep concern over the severe flooding impacting several southern provinces, where extensive damage to homes, daily livelihoods and critical infrastructure has caused significant hardship for local communities.
Flooding leads to downgrade of GDP forecast
Published on 02/12/2025
» The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) has reduced its economic growth projection to 1.9% this year from 2%, mainly due to the Hat Yai floods, which are expected to cause losses of at least 40 billion baht.
Authorities insist flood death toll won’t surpass 1,000
Published on 02/12/2025
» The Ministry of Public Health has rejected claims of excessively underreported flood deaths, insisting the figures it has released are accurate.
Thailand's key tech, car parts hub 'paralysed' by record floods
Reuters, Published on 02/12/2025
» The floods that have devastated much of Thailand's South, claiming at least 181 lives, have “paralysed” the flow of high-tech components and car parts from Hat Yai district, potentially benefiting rival exporters in Indonesia and Vietnam, the Ministry of Commerce reported on Tuesday.
China floods the world with gasoline cars it can't sell at home
Reuters, Published on 02/12/2025
» WARSAW — China's electric vehicle (EV) industry captured half its domestic market in just a few years, crushing sales of gasoline-powered vehicles from once-dominant global automakers.
Key water management agency remains headless
Online Reporters, Published on 02/12/2025
» Deputy Prime Minister Sophon Zarum said on Tuesday he is still searching for a suitable person to lead the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR), two weeks after the previous chief was removed.
Race to get aid to Asia flood survivors as toll nears 1,200
AFP, Published on 02/12/2025
» BANDA ACEH — Governments and aid groups in Indonesia and Sri Lanka worked to rush aid Tuesday to hundreds of thousands stranded by deadly flooding that has killed around 1,200 people in four countries.
Economy to escape major hit from floods
Business, Published on 02/12/2025
» Deadly flooding in the South has had a limited impact on the national economy, with the Bank of Thailand estimating it will reduce national GDP growth by no more than 0.2%.