The 2021 Tropical Storm Dianmu in Thailand: Disaster Responses and Roles of Information Technology

Abstract

At the end of September 2021, Tropical Storm Dianmu caused catastrophic floods in Thailand, placing thou-sands of lives, properties, infrastructure, and other things, in danger. These circumstances provide an op-portunity to learn how to respond to tropical storm situations in the future. Our investigation reveals that Thailand has access to a wealth of data, including geospatial, radar, satellite, and sensor information. Thus, these data could be utilized for an urgent alert system and communication channel to mitigate and re-duce the potential for large-scale destruction by tropical storms and floods in the future.