Unusual cold winter kills over 60 in Thailand

The unusually long cold winter hitting Thailand in the past three months has killed at least 63 people, while temperature in capital Bangkok on Thursday fell to the lowest level in three decades.

"Bangkok hit its coldest record in 30 years Thursday morning when the temperature fell to 15.6 degree Celsius," Songkram Aksorn, deputy director general of the Thai Meteorological Department, was quoted by the Nation newspaper as saying.

Unusual cold winter kills over 60 in Thailand

It was already very cold last Month but now it get extreme!

According to the News this Wave of cold Air is coming from China.

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Thailand’s North Northeast, and Central regions have had an unusually long cold spell this year, which has killed 63 people over the past three months, according to reports.

A majority of the fatalities were men. The youngest was a one-month-old baby and the oldest an 81-year-old. One Cambodian and one British national were among the victims.

The northern province of Chiang Rai has the most deaths, with six. The 63 deaths occurred in a total of 27 different provinces.

Over 25 million people have bee affected by the cold weather, and 45 province have been declared cold-spell disaster zones, according to a Bangkok Post report.

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Farang frozen to Death in Thailand.

GLOBAL WARMING is at the root of all of us freezing our asses off around the globe. Drink the kool-Aid and chant this mantra...GLOBAL WARMING...

Bangkok hit its coldest record in 30 years Thursday morning when the temperature fell to 15.6 degree Celsius," Songkram Aksorn, deputy director general of the Thai Meteorological Department, was quoted by the Nation newspaper as saying.

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How do people freeze to death at 15.6C????

That is 60F

No one freezes to death at that temperature

reply to post by HUMBLEONE


Something bad (?) is going on and i do not even include
the Chinese in to my thoughts because i do not know
enough about their Geo Engineering!

I think "Global Warming" is a possibility and we should be careful!

reply to post by semperfortis


There are different Reasons but do not forget that the North of
Thailand is very mountainous and more than 2.000m high.

I think a few was old, others drunk, sick or just exhausted.

It was already very cold last Month and i needed warm Cloth and Shoes,
never had to wear so much!

We even thought about Red Hotwine with Spices for Christmas

HUMBLEONE
GLOBAL WARMING is at the root of all of us freezing our asses off around the globe. Drink the kool-Aid and chant this mantra...GLOBAL WARMING...

It has nothing to do with Global Warming, we have just begun an extremely rare Solar Lull. These have been linked to the coldest winters on earth. Again, for all the global warming nay sayers lately, solar activity has NOTHING to do with Global Warming.

Global Warming is caused by greenhouse gases, ever been in a greenhouse in the winter? It's still cold.

Saying that, I'm also not a Global Warming defender and still believe it needs more research, personally I think this is part of a natural cycle but it's probably best not to tempt fate by pumping our atmosphere with carbon.

Anywayyy....

Sad to hear about deaths, I bet they were totally unprepared for this.

Maybe this is why they want to kick Australia's ass? They want warmth.

I bet most of these deaths are drunks. No healthy person dies at 15.6 Celsius. You don't even die when you are sleeping naked outside. +15.6 C is too much for hypothermia.

HUMBLEONE
Maybe this is why they want to kick Australia's ass? They want warmth.

Thailand is not Indonesia though???

reply to post by Thebel


It was 15c. in Bangkok,
this means that it was ca. -5 in Chiang Dao,
+ 5c. in Chiang Mai and for this People it is cold enough.

And their Houses are mostly not like ours.

But i am surprised too,
i understand that a few People die, like u said the Drunks,
but not 60!

HUMBLEONE
Maybe this is why they want to kick Australia's ass? They want warmth.

Umm ... only in a 'tourista' way.

You thinkin' of Indonesia Bro ?

All in fun mate ...
15.6 .... ? Really ?














REALLY !!

>???????

reply to post by semperfortis

This year’s cool season has been the longest for a decade, lasting for almost three months, Mr Songkram said. Temperatures in north and northeastern Thailand have dipped to single digits, claiming up to 63 lives in 24 provinces, the ministry of health said on Thursday.

another source

people over there are not used to cold weather , single digit is too much for them .

HUMBLEONE
GLOBAL WARMING is at the root of all of us freezing our asses off around the globe. Drink the kool-Aid and chant this mantra...GLOBAL WARMING...

How ignorant can you get?

pretending like the weathers not changing just because its not doing what its name suggests.

''Globally warming''

Would you be so arrogant if it was called ''climate change'' ?

reply to post by Human0815


Yeah how about that global warming conspiracy.

Record Thai lows - 11.5c. ( Spring - thinking of your survival show Semper ... )

Bring out the sled dogs ...

I remember a couple decades back doing a paper on global warming for school...

And I distinctly remember what they said global warming would lead to.

Horrific intensified storms. Hurricane, tropical, and land. Increased tornado. Increased rainfall (flooding) and snowfall (blizzards) everywhere - cause the moisture melting and entering the atmosphere.

This was what I'm thirty eight now... so yeah.... about 20 years ago they were saying this, and here we are today.

The weather this year reminds me of the weather we experienced in the 80's.

Thoughts go out to the people of Thailand. I'm up near the Canadian border. I can relate.

CdT