The heavy rainfall is caused by the Nock Ten tropical storm and the influence of monsoons and low pressure areas In the north central district of Uttaradit, three people have been killed with 12 missing.

A total of 346 districts in 43 provinces have been hit by floods. About 64 districts in 14 provinces remain flooded with 72 deaths reported. The total impact of the flooding have affected more than 4 million people and 3.2 million rai (hectares) of rice paddy have been damaged along with 277 roads with 31 unusable There are more then 83,000 people suffering from flood-related disease, including 1,380 diagnosed with depression.

Part of the problem is that Thailand has been deforested for at least 20 years and there is not enough forest cover to hold the rain. Logging in the country has been banned for many years.