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Thailand:Flood:2001/08/11

Duration	2001/08/11	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.
Country or District	Thailand
Name	Flood

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury	Material Damage	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)

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