洪水。洪水是泰国最严重并且发生频率最高的灾害。它既常见又具有破坏性。由于洪水影响因地区而异,所以各地每年都在与其引发的灾害作斗争。特别是南部地区的松克拉省和纳克恩·斯里·塔马拉特省常年出现强降雨,引发山洪暴发。由于湄南河容易在雨季泛滥,导致洪水,淹没曼谷,曼谷也被称为“潮湿的城市”。
台风。台风在泰国比较罕见。当其影响到泰国时,通常在到达陆地时就消散成热带低气压。风暴会对房屋和其他建筑物造成巨大破坏,也会造成相当大的人员伤亡。风暴造成的损害根据风暴的风速和强度的变化而变化。若为低压风暴,则产生暴雨并伴有洪水,从而使低压加深为热带气旋或台风,从而带来暴雨、洪水和风暴潮。热带气旋可造成破坏性影响,随后可能造成大量人员伤亡和巨大的财产损失。
滑坡。滑坡是泰国的一种灾害,与季风和台风洪水密切相关,通常与持续的倾盆大雨所产生的山洪同时发生或者在山洪之后发生,因为大雨使得土地变得饱和不稳定。最近,泰国滑坡频率和强度增加,这主要是由森林砍伐,在坡地种植经济作物和地表破坏引起的。
干旱。由于人口和经济发展,农业和工业用水的需求增加,泰国干旱问题加剧。这一现象的主要原因是与土壤特征和干旱气候有关的森林砍伐。泰国国内受旱群众普遍面临缺水问题,特别是饮用水、种植和畜牧业用水缺乏的问题。
地震。泰国发生了几次中等地震,尤其是北部地区易发地震。泰国的地震通常是由本国或周边国家的活动断层触发的,尤其是位于断层正上方的北部和西部地区。
海啸。泰国遭受海啸袭击的情况相对较少。尽管如此,2004年印度洋海啸表明,海啸能够沿泰国海岸线登陆,并造成极端破坏。印尼爪哇海岸9.0级地震引发的海啸淹没了泰国南部的沿海省份安达曼省。这场灾难性的事件摧毁了6个省份:普吉岛、庄、攀嘎、克拉比、拉农和佐敦。泰国南部地区的西侧濒临安达曼海。安达曼火山有几个活火山和板块边界,增加了海啸的风险。尽管有长达90分钟的预警,泰国也受到了2004年海啸的严重破坏,并造成人员伤亡。
flood. Flood is the most serious and frequent disaster in Thailand. It is both common and destructive. As the impact of floods varies from region to region, all localities struggle with the disasters they cause every year. In particular, Songkra province and naken Sri tamarat Province in the southern region have experienced heavy rainfall throughout the year, causing flash floods. As the Mekong River is easy to flood in the rainy season, resulting in floods and inundation of Bangkok, Bangkok is also known as a "wet city".
typhoon. Typhoons are rare in Thailand. When it affects Thailand, it usually dissipates into a tropical depression when it reaches land. The storm will cause great damage to houses and other buildings, and also cause considerable casualties. The damage caused by a storm varies according to the wind speed and intensity of the storm. If it is a low-pressure storm, it will produce rainstorm and flood, which will deepen the low-pressure into a tropical cyclone or typhoon, resulting in rainstorm, flood and storm surge. Tropical cyclones can cause destructive effects, which may subsequently cause a large number of casualties and huge property losses.
Landslide. Landslide is a disaster in Thailand, which is closely related to monsoon and typhoon floods. It usually occurs at the same time as or after the mountain torrents caused by continuous downpours, because the heavy rain makes the land saturated and unstable. Recently, the frequency and intensity of landslides in Thailand have increased, which is mainly caused by deforestation, planting cash crops on slopes and surface damage.
Drought. Due to population and economic development, the demand for water for agriculture and industry has increased, and the drought problem in Thailand has intensified. The main reason for this phenomenon is deforestation related to soil characteristics and arid climate. People suffering from drought in Thailand are generally faced with the problem of water shortage, especially the lack of drinking water, planting and animal husbandry.
Earthquake. Several moderate earthquakes occurred in Thailand, especially in the northern region. Earthquakes in Thailand are usually triggered by active faults in the country or surrounding countries, especially in the northern and western regions directly above the faults.
tsunami. Thailand suffered relatively few tsunami attacks. Nevertheless, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami showed that the tsunami could land along the coast of Thailand and cause extreme damage. A tsunami triggered by a magnitude 9.0 Earthquake off the coast of Java, Indonesia, flooded Andaman Province, a coastal province in southern Thailand. The disastrous event destroyed six provinces: Phuket, Trang, panga, Krabi, lanon and Jotun. The west side of southern Thailand is close to the Andaman Sea. Andaman volcano has several active volcanoes and plate boundaries, increasing the risk of tsunami. Despite the 90 minute warning, Thailand was also severely damaged by the 2004 tsunami and caused casualties.