Like most countries, Thailand faces extreme weather conditions every year. Flooding is the biggest threat to Thailand's people and economy. The monsoonal rains in 2011 season alone killed 437 people and affected at least 2 million. What I found interesting about Thailand's weather is that snow does not exist there. The closest it has to snow is hail, one year people reported it to be snowing but it was actually small pieces of hail. Basically, rain is the biggest threat to Thailand, it can persist in some areas for months at a time with hardly a break in between rainfall. Climate change is going to have an huge impact on the severity of storms in the coming years, as it has been increasing immensely in the last 10 years.
Sources:
http://earthsky.org/earth/extreme-flooding-in-bangkok-thailand
http://www.mowe-it.eu/wordpress/thailands-strategy/
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/nov/18/extreme-weather-climate-change-ipcc
Picture Source:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mindylubber/2011/11/23/ipcc-report-confirms-what-businesses-already-know-extreme-weather-climate-change-has-economic-impacts/#5934233858e5
Hi Makayla, I didn't find it surprising that Thailand experiences a lot of flooding because I have heard about it before but I thought it was interesting that Thailand has never had snow before! That is so strange to me but if I am not mistaken I think they have humid weather so it makes sense? If I'm right.. nice post!
ReplyDeleteLots of flooding events this week. You are not alone..although in different magnitudes, flooding is widespread as a hazard...http://www.ibamag.com/news/the-worlds-most-common-natural-disasters-by-country-19403.aspx
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