Appendix 1. Mekong mainstream: Summary hydrological statistics for the 2007 flood season
| Location |
Date of onset of flood season |
Date of end of flood season |
Maximum water level (masl) |
Maximum discharge (cumecs) |
Date of maximum |
2006 Flood volume (km3) |
| Chiang Saen | 17thJuly | 7th Nov | 8500 | 6th Aug | 49.3 | |
| Luang Prabang | 23rdJuly | 9th Nov | 9th Sep | 66.4 | ||
| Chiang Khan | 22ndJuly | 11th Nov | 10th Sep | 80.1 | ||
| Vientiane | 25thJuly | 12th Nov | 10th Sep | 83.8 | ||
| Nong Khai | 26thJuly | 11th Nov | 10th Sep | (76.0) | ||
| Nakhon Phanom | 29thJune | 15th Nov | 12th Sep | 192.4 | ||
| Mukdahan | 30thJune | 6th Nov | 10th Oct | 165.9 | ||
| Khong Chiam | 31stJuly | 16th Nov | 10th Oct | 162.8 | ||
| Pakse | 1stAug | 16th Nov | 10th Oct | 190.1 | ||
| Stung Treng | 2ndAug | 23rdNov | 8th Oct | 324.6 | ||
| Kratie | 3rdAug | 19th Nov | 9th Oct | 255.0 | ||
| Phnom Penh Port | 4thAug | 15th Dec | 8.85 | 18th Oct | ||
| Prek Kdam | 5thAug | 29th Dec | 8.86 | 22nd Oct | ||
| Tan Chao | 8thAug | 14th Dec | 4.14 | 22nd Oct | ||
| Chao Doc | 9thAug | 27th Dec | 3.62 | 23rd Oct |
Appendix 2. Cambodia: 2007 flood damage assessment
| Description | Provinces | ||||||
| Mekong flood | Flash flood | ||||||
| Kampong Cham | Kratie | Stung Treng |
Prash Vihear |
Ratanakiri | Kampong Thom |
Siem Reap | |
| Households affected | 3025 | 1876 | 11,207 | ||||
| Houses damaged | 11 | ||||||
| People affected | 91,135 | 56,035 | |||||
| People killed | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Roads affected | 4 sites | 34 km | 3 km | ||||
| Schools and pagodas | 6 | ||||||
| Public buildings | 2 | ||||||
| Dykes and canals | 600 m | 8 | 9.5 km | ||||
| Bridges | 2 sites | 7 | |||||
| Animals | 273 | 14 | |||||
| Rice and crop (drought) | 773 ha | 158 ha | |||||
| Rice and crop (flood) | 426 ha | 813 ha | 2545 ha | 5700 ha | |||
Appendix 3. Lao PDR. 2007 flood damage assessment caused by Tropical Storm Lekima
| Description | Assessment methodology is based on data reporting from Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office (PAFO), MAF, PDMC ( NDMO), and damages data collection by representative of NDMO, DMH, LNMC and FMMP (MRCS) on the period from 2nd to 5th January, 2007 |
| Population affected | |
| Provinces | 4 provinces |
| Districts | 27 districts |
| Villages | 614 villages |
| House | 25,292 households |
| People | 118,074 persons of Khammuane, Savannakhet, and Saravane provinces |
| People | 2 persons died (1 boy, 4 years old and 1 female, 39 years old) |
| Agriculture affected | |
| Hectares of rice field | 256,778 damaged |
| Vegetable fields | 490.62 ha damaged (planted areas is 1.384,03 ha ) |
| Livestock | |
| Cattle | 343 (buffalo, cows, goats, pigs ) |
| Poultry | 74,980 |
| Fishpond | 136 sites and about 1,000,000 fish damaged |
| Infrastructure affected | |
| Schools | 11 primary schools were inundated |
| Health Centres | 2 health centres affected |
| Temples | 2 temples affected |
| Markets | Mahaxay district market affected |
| Boats | 27 boats swept away by strong flow |
| Roads | 60 – 70 meters of road length at 3 locations |
| Irrigation | 29 sites affected (23 sites damaged) |
Appendix 4. Viet Nam: 2007 flood damage assessment
| Type of loss | Mekong Delta | Central Highlands |
| Human | 30 people died | 29 people died, 4 persons missing |
| Assets | 1400 houses destroyed; 23,864 houses inundated; 164 ducation rooms damaged and 101 class rooms moved | 166 houses destroyed, 12,447 houses inundated |
| Fisheries | 1100 ha fish & shrimp ponds damaged; 852 fish cases amaged and 29 tonnes of fishery lost | 593 fish ponds damaged |
| Transportation | 19 km national roads, 705 km rural roads, 140 bridges, 126 km long eroded and 49,000 m3 | 59 bridges destroyed; 14 bridges damaged |
| Water control structures. | 185 units damaged, 104 km embankment eroded | 331,837 m3 eroded; 13 water control structures drifted; 24 small structures damaged |
| Other | 5 provinces | 4 provinces |
| Total cost | US$1.5 million | US$5.08 million |
Appendix 5. Thailand: 2007 flood damage assessment
| Description | Total | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Provinces | 46 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 4 | |
| Districts | 486 | 38 | 5 | 9 | 61 | 26 | 305 | 11 | 31 | |
| Villages | 20,479 | 876 | - | 85 | 3,681 | 366 | 15,331 | 343 | 797 | |
| People | 3,640,978 | 70,025 | 5,042 | 9,335 | 395,436 | 27,942 | 2,883,747 | 42,659 | 206,792 | |
| Households | 940,663 | 19,076 | 1,225 | 2,582 | 88,241 | 9,125 | 768,563 | 2,335 | 49,516 | |
| Evacuees | 3,455 | - | - | 390 | NA | 600 | NA | - | 2,465 | |
| Casualties | 62 | - | - | - | 2 | 23 | 27 | - | 10 | |
| Houses | 7,369 | 59 | - | 35 | 71 | 209 | 6,931 | - | 64 | |
| Fish ponds | 34,767 | 113 | - | 15 | 666 | 645 | 30,971 | 88 | 2,269 | |
| Livestock | 38,079 | 1,548 | - | - | NA | - | NA | 16,700 | 19,831 | |
| Agriculture fields (ha) |
423,357 | 11,781 | - | 2,033 | 32,932 | 9,395 | 366,253 | 599 | 363 | |
| Roads | 8,330 | 152 | 15 | 97 | 657 | - | 6,690 | 432 | 286 | |
| Bridges | 309 | 50 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 192 | 3 | 30 | |
| Hydraulic structures |
591 | 82 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 448 | 1 | - | |
| Institute buildings |
271 | 29 | - | - | 4 | - | 198 | - | 40 | |
| Drains | 163 | 53 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 89 | 15 | |
| Cost (million baht) |
1,697 | 60 | 10 | 12 | 277 | 13* | 1,309 | 15 | - |
Source: Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
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