At least 9 people have died as a result of flooding in Thailand that began last week. The government’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department said Wednesday that in addition to fatalities, the flooding has affected nearly 4000 villages in 19 provinces in eastern, central and northeastern parts of the country. Residents of the flood stricken region were seen on top of the roofs receiving aid packages from the Red Cross workers. Up to 120 centimetres of rain pounded the central region over the past week, submerging 200000 houses and forcing 142000 people to flee, according to the national floods and storms control committee. Central Vietnam also suffered severe flooding earlier this month that killed 66 people.

Dedicated to all 2004 December 26th Boxing Day Tsunami Victims, families,those injured, and those otherwise affected. The terrible devastation and the aftermath of this catastrophe caught on tape. The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami was triggered by an earthquake off the north-west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It killed 230000 people in a dozen Indian Ocean countries, 170000 of them in Indonesia’s Aceh province alone. Sri Lanka and Thailand were severely impacted by the tsunami on …