31.   Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their mud-and-thatch huts and rice crops.

32.   Hundreds of mud houses and rice crops were damaged.

33.   It is these forests that supply the water vital for the people of Bangkok and the rice crop of the central plains.

34.   Laos has made a special appeal for food assistance since the flooding caused significant shortfalls in the expected rice crop.

35.   Last year he received a letter from his mother asking him to come home to help the family financially, as the rice crop had failed.

36.   Many also complained flooding could destroy rice crops just before the October-November harvest.

37.   Many of the victims lost their rice crops and mud-and-thatch huts.

38.   Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia are also using it to monitor rice crops.

39.   Many farmers have lost rice crops, livestock and their homes.

40.   Many lost rice crops and were stranded in their inundated homes, officials said.