A 73-year-old man who was returning home after receiving a relief bag was drowned on Thursday after a flash flood swept him away in Sa Kaew’s Aranyaprathet district. Samorn Kaewkomon’s body was found wedged in a bush on Friday morning about 150 meters from the entrance of the village where he was last seen. Read […]
BANGKOK, Sept 21 – Four men were arrested and 500,000 methamphetamine pills were seized in an anti-narcotics crackdown in Nakhon Sawan province, 230km north of Bangkok, according to national police chief Prewpan Dhamapong. He said a joint force of crime suppression and highway police nabbed the four suspects on a highway in Tha Tako district […]
SA KAEO, 20 September 2012 (NNT) – All 9 districts of the northeastern province of Sa Kaeo have been declared flood disaster zones, with Aranyaprathet being the hardest hit. Sa Kaeo Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office Chief Charat Yaiyuea said the 9 flood-ravaged districts consist of Mueang, Khlong Hat, Ta Phraya, Wang Nam Yen, […]
AYUTTHAYA, 18 September 2012 (NNT) – Ayutthaya Governor Wittaya Pewpong has disclosed that the water level around the Koh Mueang area of the province remains stable despite the rapid current in the Chao Phraya River. In his recent statement on the flood situation in Ayutthaya, Mr Wittaya said the reason the water level has not […]
SUKHOTHAI, Sept 16 – The Sukhothai municipality has been working around the clock to plug holes in the city’s floodwall after water seepage from Yom River covered the municipality again early Sunday just two days after floodwaters receded. Provincial workers are attempting to plug the holes and pump water out of the area. Read more: […]
SUKHOTHAI, Sept 15 – Forest run-off triggered by incessant and heavy overnight rain hit 11 villages in Sukhothai’s Si Satchanalai district while the flood zone was declared in five districts of Ang Thong province on Saturday. The forest run-off affected 700 households and destroyed 1,500 rai (600 acres) of agricultural land. Floodwater in some areas […]
AYUTTHAYA, Sept 14 – His Majesty the King on Friday granted relief packages to flood victims in the old capital of Ayutthaya. Rajaprachanukroh Foundation chairman Dissathorn Watcharothai represented His Majesty the King in distributing 2,000 bags of basic necessities to Ayutthaya residents at Wat Bandai Chang and Wat Samkor in Sena district and at Bang […]
SUKHOTHAI, 11 September 2012 (NNT) – His Majesty the King has assigned the Rajaprajanugroh Foundation to assist flood victims in Sukhothai province. Since Monday, overflow from the Yom River has battered Sukhothai, closing schools and paralyzing town centers. The province is set to brace for more water from the North as operations are under way […]
