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Thailand
Thailand to establish cyclone warning network system for Myanmar
7 July 2008
The Xinhua News Agency reports that Thailand is seeking to establish an early warning network system against cyclone in Myanmar...
National Platform
- HFA Focal Point:
Dept of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) - Website:http://www.disaster.go.th/html/english/i
- Contact:Deputy Director-General (Technical Affairs)
- Phone:+662 2430020/55555557-8
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National Plans
Top 10 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 2008 | 10,000,000 |  |
| Drought | 1999 | 6,000,000 | |
| Flood | 1996 | 5,000,000 | |
| Drought | 2002 | 5,000,000 | |
| Flood | 1995 | 4,280,984 | |
| Flood | 2002 | 3,289,420 | |
| Drought | 1991 | 2,500,000 | |
| Flood | 2000 | 2,500,000 | |
| Flood | 2006 | 2,212,413 | |
| Storm | 1991 | 1,894,238 | |
| Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami |
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- Assist national Health Ministries to ensure that health sector vulnerability reduction priorities are formulated and instituted
HFA Priority for action 1 - Cooperative Project with ADRC member countries
HFA Priority for action 1 - Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Programmes (DPM)
HFA Priority for action 1
- Innovation in construction of small secondary schools in Thailand1990 - UNESCO BKK
- Multi-purpose building for disaster situations in Thailand1996 - UNESCO BKK
- Tsunami! warning!2005 - UNESCO BKK, UNISDR, IOC, NDWC
- Indigenous knowledge for disaster risk reduction: good practices and lessons learned from experiences in the Asia-Pacific region
2008 - Tsunami recovery: taking stock after two years
2006 - Water for people, water for life: the United Nations world water development report, a joint report by the twenty-three UN agencies concerned with freshwater
2003
Neighbouring Countries