According to the UN, more than 20 provinces in Thailand – one third of the country – are under water. Twelve provinces are on high alert, including Bangkok, and around 2.4 million people have been affected countrywide; 700,000 are estimated to be children. In Cambodia, 17 out of 23 provinces continue to be flooded while 250,000 people have been affected in Vietnam. Half a million people have been affected in Laos, with damage to more than 64,000 hectares (158,000 acres) of farmland, while 254,400 people in the Philippines have felt the brunt of a series of typhoons.