Flooding near Bangkok has taken about 25 percent of the world's hard disk manufacturing capacity offline - Slashdot, InfoWorld, Scientific American

News on 18th of October 2011:

Flooding Takes Major Hard Drive Plant Offline; Shortages Predicted - Slashdot

The impending hard drive shortage -- and possible price hikes - InfoWorld

UPDATE 1-Thai floods mean big loss to Western Digital exports-minister - Scientific American