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Thailand:Drought:1999/01

Duration 1999/01 6 million people in 44 provinces have been affected by Thailand's worst drought in decades. The drought situation could worsen during February to June this year.

Country or District Thailand

Name Drought

Headline(Source, Date)

Personal Injury Material Damage Others

OCHA Situation Report No. 1 6 Feb.

In Bangkok, the Metropolitan Waterworks authority has started to cut tap water production and distribution by 10 per cent a day.
About 140,000 households or 500,000 people in Bangkok and nearby provinces will be affected by the cut.

The Cabinet instructed all provinces and districts to form working groups whose mandate is to limit second rice crop farming which takes too heavy a toll on water resources.

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OCHA Situation Report No. 1 Feb.06

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Agence France-Presse (AFP) 17 Feb 1999

Agence France-Presse (AFP) 09 Feb 1999

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Urgent Report from Supporting Members of the Asian Disaster Reduction Center

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Duration	1999/01	6 million people in 44 provinces have been affected by Thailand's worst drought in decades. The drought situation could worsen during February to June this year.
Country or District	Thailand
Name	Drought

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
OCHA Situation Report No. 1 6 Feb.
In Bangkok, the Metropolitan Waterworks authority has started to cut tap water production and distribution by 10 per cent a day. About 140,000 households or 500,000 people in Bangkok and nearby provinces will be affected by the cut.		The Cabinet instructed all provinces and districts to form working groups whose mandate is to limit second rice crop farming which takes too heavy a toll on water resources.