{"id":25973,"date":"2011-10-28T10:40:22","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T14:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=25973"},"modified":"2011-10-28T10:40:22","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T14:40:22","slug":"bangkok-worst-flooding-since-1942-most-critical-natural-disaster-in-thai-history-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/bangkok-worst-flooding-since-1942-most-critical-natural-disaster-in-thai-history-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok: Worst Flooding Since 1942 ("Most Critical Natural Disaster in Thai History")"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’ve written about Thailand’s flooding<\/a> a few times<\/a> now. Over a week ago, Michael wrote that\u00a010% of the country’s rice crop<\/a> had already been destroyed (and Thailand is the world’s leading rice exporter). The cost to the nation was already about $4 billion.<\/p>\n

Now, the flood waters are taking over the nation’s largest city and capital, Bangkok<\/a>. The country is facing its worst floods since 1942. And Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has said:\u00a0\u201cThe crisis we\u2019re facing today is the most critical natural disaster that ever happened in Thai history.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The country is struggling to deal with the effects, and to avert even worse disaster. Think New Orleans, but on a much, much worse scale per capita (and per GDP).<\/p>\n

This is an effect of climate change<\/a>. While everyone will tell you that it can’t be linked, statistically, there is really no doubt about it in my mind. Climate scientists have been predicting for decades now that we would be seeing stronger floods and stronger droughts. We saw record-breaking droughts and heat in Texas<\/a> and other parts of the U.S. this year (causing tremendous crop losses in the U.S.), and we are seeing record-breaking floods on the other side of the world. This is exactly what has been predicted. But, of course, you can keep your head in the sand…<\/p>\n