Thailand: Cold Wave - Dec 2008

Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) reported that currently, 52 provinces, 602 districts, 4,487 sub-districts and 53,162 villages nationwide have been affected by cold weather hazard. Of the 52 provinces, 17 provinces were in the north, 19 provinces in the northeast, five provinces in the east and 11 provinces in central plains area. The department's officials have distributed 2.64 million blankets to the victims. (Govt. of Thailand, 6 Feb 2009)