Bangkok, Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi should not be affected too badly by floods this year because enough dykes and embankments have been built to protect them, though Ayutthaya will be under more than 3 metres of water, experts said yesterday. This prediction was made by consulting company Team Group, which presented its findings at the […]
PHICHIT, June 15 – The Yom River is rising in Thailand’s northern province of Phichit, forcing farmers to harvest their not yet fully mature rice yield to prevent losses. Flooding in the Yom River basin in Phichit’s Sam Ngam district remains critical and has spread more widely to cover low-lying areas due to further heavy […]
SUKHOTHAI, June 13 – Flooding in Thailand’s northern provinces continues due to heavy rain and the overflowing Yom River. The Yom River has overflowed into a number of villages and damaged about 4,000 acres of farmland in Sukhothai. Overnight heavy rain forced local residents in Pakpra subdistrict in the provincial seat to evacuate to temporary […]
SA KAEO, 10 June 2012 (NNT) – Police Major-General Thanate Pinmuangngam, head of the Sa Kaeo provincial police, ordered Police Colonel Jenchoeng Prathumsuwan to dispatch officers to investigate a suspicious pick-up truck parked at a Bangchak gas station in Khao Chakan District. In their approach to the suspected car, the officers found four people sitting […]
CHAINAT, 10 June 2012 (NNT) – Officials have warned locals residing along downstream Chao Phraya River to beware of the impacts of continued heavy rain. Regional Irrigation Office – Area 12 director Darongkorn Somton said on Saturday that the latest report by the Meteorological Department has indicated that a monsoon trough continues to persist over […]
PHRAE, June 8 – Flash floods have hit several areas in Phrae, cutting a rail line, while train service to the north have been suspended in Uttaradit. A number of local roads in Phrae’s Den Chai district were cut off and soil on mountainsides slid down, blocking roads. Flooding is as deep as two metres […]
A Kanchanaburi-bound train carrying over 100 Thai and foreign tourists hit a gas lorry in the province’s Tha Muang district on Monday morning, injuring the driver of the truck, police said. The crash happened about 10.05am. The three-carriage train heading to Kanchanaburi province hit the rear of the six-wheel truck carrying cylinders of gas at […]
MAE SOT, Thailand – Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s historical trip to Thailand concluded Saturday with a visit to a Karen refugee camp, but the democracy icon was not able to address refugees as planned. Suu Kyi visited Mae La refugee camp in Thailand’s Mae Sot province Saturday morning to conclude her first […]
