Residents of provinces in Northern Thailand badly hit by smog were warned yesterday against going outdoors. “Don’t go out if you can’t see the power pole in your neighbourhood during the day. That’s a sign that the amount of small dust particles in the air has reached a dangerous level,” said Dr Pornthep Siriwanarangsan, head […]
CHIANG RAI, Feb 27 – Dust particles in this northern province on Monday were measured at the highest level in the region at 295.5 micrograms per cubic metre, its governor said. Thanin Supasaen spoke of the haze situation in Mae Sai district, adding the particles were measured at 253.7 microgrammes per cubic metre in the […]
Six province in the Upper North were covered by unsafe levels of haze, the Pollution Control Department reported yesterday. Air in the provinces contained fine particles beyond the acceptable level of 120 micrograms per cubic metre (mg/m3). The latest reading of particulate matter of up to 10 micrometres (PM10) in the province of Phayao was […]
TAK, Feb 24 – A senior Thai official on Friday reaffirmed that the fire at a border camp for displaced Myanmar nationals in this province was caused by cooking, not by an arson as reported in some foreign media coverage. Tak provincial deputy governor Wut Sitthisurat remarked while inspecting the Umpiem refugee camp today after […]
A huge fire has destroyed as many as 1,000 houses at Umpiem Refugee Camp, 87km south of the Tak town of Mae Sot. A teacher at the camp explained to Karen News that the fire has destroyed large sections of the camp. “Section 9,8,7 and 6 are all gone, completely burnt. It’s dry and windy […]
CHIANG RAI, Feb 23 – Two northern provinces of Chiang Rai and Uttaradit have been declared disaster zones affected by drought, as locals are facing water shortages and crops have been damaged. Thanin Supasaen, Chiang Rai governor declared all 18 districts disaster zones. The drought is likely to be worse than last year and last […]
Three people have been arrested for purchasing elephant meat and ivory from poachers who allegedly hunted the pachyderms in Phetchaburi province’s Kaeng Krachan national park. Police arrested Manoon Ruengworraset, his son Withoon, and Panya Samranphis for possessing carcasses of protected animals without permission, after a raid at their homes turned up several organs of elephants, […]
BANGKOK, 19 February 2012 (NNT) – Thailand’s Minister of Public Health has instructed the Disease Control Department to deliver sanitary masks to eight northern provinces being plagued by haze pollution in order to prevent local people from inhaling smoke and dust. As the level of haze pollution in the North of Thailand currently exceeds the […]
