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    The floods in Thailand have killed nearly 400 people and disrupted the lives of over 2 million people. Seven major industrial estates north of Bangkok have been forced to close, throwing global supply chains into disarray. Automakers like Toyota, Ford, and Honda have had to stop production or reduce outputs, which could result in losses of hundreds of thousands of vehicles. The floods have also impacted manufacturers of computer parts, cameras, and disk drives, potentially leading to shortages. Key industries like electronics and automotive face estimated losses of hundreds of millions of dollars due to production delays and disruptions.

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    The floods in Thailand have killed nearly 400 people and disrupted the lives of over 2 million people. Seven major industrial estates north of Bangkok have been forced to close, throwing global supply chains into disarray. Automakers like Toyota, Ford, and Honda have had to stop production or reduce outputs, which could result in losses of hundreds of thousands of vehicles. The floods have also impacted manufacturers of computer parts, cameras, and disk drives, potentially leading to shortages. Key industries like electronics and automotive face estimated losses of hundreds of millions of dollars due to production delays and disruptions.

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    The floods in Thailand have killed nearly 400 people and disrupted the lives of over 2 million people. Seven major industrial estates north of Bangkok have been forced to close, throwing global supply chains into disarray. Automakers like Toyota, Ford, and Honda have had to stop production or reduce outputs, which could result in losses of hundreds of thousands of vehicles. The floods have also impacted manufacturers of computer parts, cameras, and disk drives, potentially leading to shortages. Key industries like electronics and automotive face estimated losses of hundreds of millions of dollars due to production delays and disruptions.

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    The floods in Thailand have killed nearly 400 people and disrupted the lives of over 2 million people. Seven major industrial estates north of Bangkok have been forced to close, throwing global supply chains into disarray. Automakers like Toyota, Ford, and Honda have had to stop production or reduce outputs, which could result in losses of hundreds of thousands of vehicles. The floods have also impacted manufacturers of computer parts, cameras, and disk drives, potentially leading to shortages. Key industries like electronics and automotive face estimated losses of hundreds of millions of dollars due to production delays and disruptions.

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    Nearly 400 people have been killed in months of oods that have disrupted the lives of more than

    2 million, economic growth has been set back and global supply chains for Thai-made computer and auto parts thrown into disarray.

    Thailand oods
    Factories closing
    100km 60 miles

    IN MINUTES

    News and events visually

    Flooded areas As of Oct 31

    The oods have forced seven big industrial estates north of Bangkok to close
    TOYOTA stopped production at three plants Output loss could reach 250,000 vehicles by mid-November Idled production at plants southeast of Bangkok Operating prot could be reduced by $1.6 billion Plants in Ontario, Kentucky and Indiana will be shut down FORD may lose production of 30,000 vehicles HONDA pushed back introduction of the Life Diva mini-car U.S. and Canadian factory production reduced by 50% due to parts shortages NIPPON STEEL CORP., the world's No.4 steelmaker, expects steel shipments to decline 300,000 tonnes APPLE expects a shortage of disk drives Lenovo expects supply of hard disk drives to tighten Western Digital and Seagate Technology both expect to face a shortage of parts soon CANON could be impacted due to camera parts suppliers being ooded Trying to obtain parts from other suppliers may take several months Floods will bite into annual sales by $650 million and operating prot by $260 million

    THAILAND
    Seven industrial estates in Ayutthaya, Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani provinces closed, disrupting global supply chains

    Nonthaburi Ayutthaya Pathum Thani

    Bangkok

    Pop: 12 million Accounts for 41% of Thailands gross domestic product

    MORE THAN 1/3


    The co st structi of recono preven n, ood tion an helping d industr y:

    UNITED STATES IMPORTS

    THAILAND SUPPLIES APPROXIMATELY

    OF ALL ITS INCOMING HARD DRIVES FROM THAILAND

    ($900

    $30 Billion
    Billion Baht)

    OF THE GLOBAL OUTPUT OF HARD DISK DATA STORAGE DEVICES

    40%

    400 Factories closed: 9,859 Jobs lost: 660,000


    Lives lost:
    (estimated numbers)

    E ects on life

    RICE: Thailand is the world's biggest rice exporter. A quarter of crops could be lost due to the oods. Output could be 19 million tonnes of paddy rather than 25 million. Other commodities that will be affected: coconuts shrimp pineapple
    Sources: GN; Wire Stories

    BANKS: At least 428 bank branches, including 137 in Bangkok, have been forced to close.

    HUMAN RISKS: As well as a big risk of diarrhea and mosquito-borne diseases, skin infections are a major problem and in some areas, while hungry crocodiles have escaped from ooded farms and snakes searching for dry land have slithered into homes.

    SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY TARA CORRAN/QMI AGENCY

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