Officials manning a garbage sluice screen alerted Tao Poon police after finding torn camouflage pants that contained a decomposing human thigh. A black Nokia cellphone minus the SIM card was recovered from the right pocket of the pants. Read more: Asia One
Flooding continued to batter Bangkok yesterday, with more areas succumbing to runoff water from the upper part of the country. As of press time, flood water had reached the Samiannaree Temple on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road. The Major Ratchayothin Complex at the Ratchayothin intersection has suspended services indefinitely. In front of Siam Commercial Bank headquarters on […]
Presently, the outbound lanes of the Vibhavadi Rangsit Road have been closed to traffic from the Samian Naree Temple onward. Due to severe inundation, 29 roads in Bangkok were now off-limits to traffic. Read more: The Nation
Lat Krabang Industrial Estate in the east of Bangkok will be swamped by floods if rapidly advancing runoff cannot be drained quickly enough. Somchet Thinaphong, chairman of the board of the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency, yesterday urged the Flood Relief Operations Command (Froc) to speed the drainage of runoff threatening the estate or […]
BANGKOK, Nov 2 — The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) issued an evacuation order for all Bang Khen district residents as the water level is rising, spreading into the area, and two subdistricts in Lat Phrao and Khlong Sam Wa, as floodwater continues moving slowly toward Vibhavadi Rangsit Road. Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said Tuesday that […]
Thai army chief has indicated that salvaging Don Muang Airport is a priority and asked the protesters at Klong Sam Wa floodgate to think about the greater good. Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha said that among the places that must be salvaged once the flooding situation subsides, Don Muang Airport must be made a priority. […]
Thailand’s Flood relief authorities say they have a plan to show the cabinet to take all 5.5 billion cubic metres through or around Bangkok by Nov 10. The Froc yesterday said the Royal Irrigation Department will present a plan on how to drain the water to the cabinet today. Read more: Link text
BANGKOK, Nov 1 — Floodwaters at Kasetsart University in Bang Khen has overflowed to flood Kaset intersection, causing a heavy traffic jam in the area, while the peak Chao Phraya River water level is forecast at 2.48 metres above mean sea level at 12.30pm. Water at Kaset intersection has inundated Ngam Wong Wan Road from […]
