Flash floods and forest runoff triggered by heavy overnight downpours ravaged northern Thailand Lampang province yesterday, damaging vast tracts of farmland in at least six districts. An 88-year-old man, identified as Tui Sri-inkaew, drowned at his house in tambon Kluay Pae in Muang district. The flooding also forced the temporary closure of Lampang airport. Bangkok […]
Seven passengers were killed and 20 others injured when a Transport Company bus overturned in heavy rain on a slippery road in Thoeng district of Lampang on Sunday morning, reports said. The bus was heading for Khon Kaen province when it skidded off the road between kilometre markers 638-639 at a bridge near Ban Mae […]
BANGKOK, Oct 2 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is visiting the central province of Sing Buri on Sunday to speed up repair work of a damaged dyke which has caused water influx into Lop Buri province. The dyke at the Bang Chom Sri water sluice gate at Sing Buri’s In Buri district collapsed on Sept […]
BANGKOK, 28 September 2011 (NNT) – Passengers are returning their train tickets after the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has cancelled all of its northern trips as railways have been flooded. According to the SRT, trains that were due to leave Hua Lamphong station today to Chiangmai province, Sila At and Denchai districts and Phitsanulok […]
A Bangkok-bound sprinter train stopped its journey in Phichit Tuesday due to flooding with its passengers being transferred to buses instead. Train driver, which brought his passengers out of Chiang Mai, decided to cancel the trip. Read more: The Nation
LOPBURI, Sept 25 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra visited flood-hit areas in the central province of Lop Buri, pledging speedy assistance and full support for flood victims. Accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit and Transport Minister Sukampol Suwannathat, the prime minister arrived at Ban Mi district and was briefed by Lopburi […]
A boat carrying Natural Resource and Environment Minister Preecha Rengsomboonsuk capsized in Lopburi Province. He was investigating the flood situation when the boat went under. Media reports are speculating that the boat was carrying too much weight. No injuries were reported. Read more: TAN Network
CHAI NAT, Sept 19 – A father and his two daughters drowned early Monday when their boat tipped over in the torrential Thajeen River in this central province. The tragedy was the latest in Thailand’s current severe flooding of extensive areas in the North, Northeast and Central regions with no sign of letup. A team […]
