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| total damages (USD) = | total fatalities = 75 killed | areas affected = }} Beginning on 14 December 2014, a series of floods from the northeast monsoon hit Indonesia, West Malaysia, Southern Thailand, and later Sri Lanka in South Asia. More than 100,000 people have been evacuated in Indonesia, 200,000 in Malaysia, and several thousand in Thailand. Floods are also affecting 1,100,000 in Sri Lanka. ==Causes== Malaysian Meteorological Department National Weather Centre senior meteorological officer Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip attributed the flooding in northern Malaysia to the full moon and the presence of northeast monsoon winds blowing consistently across the South China Sea from November 2014 until March 2015. He noted that rivers overflowed when incessant rainfall caused water from the upstream to not reach the confluence.〔 The Malaysian government has promised to undertake a thorough investigation to identify the real cause of this floods especially in the east coast when the floods have receded. The year's heavy rains were caused by a southeast monsoon blowing across the South China Sea, making the sea warmer than usual. Scientists have predicted that as climate change worsens, storm patterns will become less predictable and more severe.〔 Massive development without care to the environment and drainage problems have been cited as contributing factors.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2014–15 floods in Southeast Asia and South Asia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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