138 Days of Flooding ongoing in Thailand

A United States Navy helicopter surveys flooded areas in the outskirts of Bangkok.
Duration:	31 July 2011 – ongoing (138 days)
Fatalities:	657
Damages:	1,440 billion baht (45 billion USD)(World Bank) [1]
Areas affected:	At least 58 of Thailand's 76 provinces	Major floods occurred during the 2011 monsoon season in Thailand. Provinces located in the Chao Phraya and Mekong River basin, including Bangkok and sourrounding neighborhoods were most severely affected directly or indirectly by inundation. Flooding also affected most provinces in Thailand's south. Flooding began around July 2011, and continued into December 2011. Over 12.8 million people were affected, and the World Bank estimated damages reached 1,440 billion baht (45 billion USD)[2] as of December, 2011. As of December 3rd, 2011 some areas still remained 6 feet underwater and many factory areas remained closed. The World Bank's estimate for this disaster means it ranks as the world's fourth costliest disaster as of 2011 surpassed only by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, 1995 Kobe earthquake, Hurricane Katrina in 2005. [3] end quote from Wikipedia under heading Thailand Flooding 2011 Though I have followed the floods somewhat since they started I find it sort of unbelievable but true that they have continued for 138 days so far and that this disaster was only surpassed by the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan, the Kobe Earthquake in 1995 and Hurricane Kartrina in 2005. If Global climate Change gets any worse it is likely that earth's population will begin reducing within the next 25 years or so.