In a united effort to provide much needed support to flood victims in Queensland, Victoria’s restaurant industry will join forces to host a series of fundraising events on Australia Day.
Each participating restaurant will donate a percentage of its takings on Australia Day, January 26, to the flood-relief appeal.

This website has been set up as a central point for restaurants, suppliers and staff wishing to participate in the initiative. The website will also serve as a portal for consumers, with visitors to the site able to view the list of participating venues as it expands.

Participating restaurants will host an event or special offer on Australia Day, January 26 2011, at a fixed price for the consumer, preferably using produce donated by generous food and wine suppliers and the labour of volunteering staff.

May 9, 2012 - Flash floods occurred in Chiang Mai and Lampang provinces earlier in the week. Meanwhile, Ministry of Interior’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported drought conditions in 51 provinces nationwide since 2 February to 8 May.

#warmun #art centre reopens its famous #gallery after last year's #floods

@abcopen 1 year since #floods devastated the #remote #aboriginal community of #warmun in the #eastkimberley

The goals of a proposed transformation of riverfront lands throughout California’s prolific farming region are to contain disastrous floods and restore wildlife habitat.

Before the floods, Thailand produced nearly of the world's hard disk drives, the ubiquitous storage devices of the digital age. It is now clear it will be months before production returns to normal.

Two factors are exacerbating the flooding risk to the city: global sea level rise and subsidence. In short, sea is rising and the city is sinking. Like other cities built on river deltas, the sediment beneath the city is compacting over time. In a natural setting, this compaction would be offset by the deposition of fresh sediment at the surface, but the rivers feeding the lagoon were diverted in the 1500s. As a result, the land surface is sinking, and the salt marshes are suffering for it.



I won't spoil on how exactly water is being used solve Venice's water problem.

The provinces are northern province of Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, Phrae, Nan, Phayao and Lampang, northeastern province of Uttaradit, Sakon Nakhon, Lei, Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, Kalasin, Buri Ram, central provinces of Suphanburi, Tak and Ratchaburi, Wibul said.

BANGKOK, December 14, 2011 (AFP) - The death toll from months of flooding in Thailand has risen above 700, although the waters have receded in many parts of the country, the government said Wednesday.

As of Dec 5, the centre said, 675 people died in the flooding since it began in August. Two missing cases were reported in Mae Hong Son and one in Uttaradit.

Ninety-one districts in 13 central provinces remain under floodwater, including Chainat, Ang Thong, Ayutthaya, Lop Buri, Saraburi, Supanburi, Nakhon Pathom, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Samut Sakhon, Nakhon Nayok, Chachoengsao and the capital, Bangkok.

Eleven districts in two southern provinces -- Phatthalung and Nakhon Si Thammarat -- have been hit by another round of floods, while the situation has now eased in another six provinces nearby.

Southern flooding has claimed nine lives in the aftermath of the flash flood from heavy rains which hit the South in late November.

As flood waters in Bangkok subsided further, cleanup operations were in full swing yesterday in hope the situation would return to normal in time for the celebrations of His Majesty the King's birthday tomorrow.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday expressed confidence that many areas in Bangkok and adjacent provinces could return to normal within this month.

Meanwhile, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported the nationwide flood toll at 666 deaths and three missing persons (two in Mae Hong Son and one in Uttaradit), while floods remained in 16 provinces, including the southern provinces of Phatthalung, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Songkhla.

The Public Health Ministry reported that 2,020,000 people fell ill as a result of flooding and were treated by medical teams. It reported 7,431 flood victims as having severe stress, 9,548 as suffering from depression and 1,699 as being at risk of suicide.

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RT @WFPlogistics: Sometimes #logistics is more than just driving a truck.. it's pulling one too! #Myanmar #floods

BANGKOK, Nov 20 – Flood-related death toll from Thailand's worst flooding in decades has risen to 602, while two persons are still reported missing, according to the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department.

As of Nov 20, 125 districts in 17 provinces remain under water, affecting 5,078,477 people, it said in a daily report of the flood situation.

The submerged provinces are Nakhon Sawan, Chai Nat, Ang Thong, Ayutthaya, Lop Buri, Saraburi, Suphan Buri, Nakhon Pathom, Samut Sakorn, Samut Prakan, Ubon Ratchathani, Roi Et, Chacheongsao, Nakhon Nayok, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi and the capital Bangkok.

Two missing cases were reported in Mae Hong Son and Uttaradit.

About 11 million rai (4.4 million acres) of farmland and 210 roads have been damaged in severe flooding which began since late July.

Regarding the flood situation in the capital, Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra on Sunday asserted that all parts of Bangkok will be dry by the end of this year, Dec 31, as the flood situation in the capital is now easing. [contd.] - วันอาทิตย์ ที่ 20 พ.ย. 2554

Interesting maps produced by AIT include a visualisation of Thailand before and after floods, and a dry season map of Thailand. Another map is one of the Asian Institute of Technology, Thammasat University and Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple.

Satellite images have been sourced from various satellites including Terra - ASTER, TerraSAR-x, LANDSAT 5, Worldview, IKONOS, SPOT, and IRS. The entire set of Thailand flood maps can be downloaded from this link: http://bit.ly/ThaiCharterFloodMaps

International tourist arrivals at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok’s international gateway, were up 6.7 percent in October over last year, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand. Arrivals at Phuket’s airport were up 28.5 percent for the same period.

What's Open and What's Closed? According to the TAT, the following provinces are not affected by the floods ... November 14, 2011 2:26 PM EST