BANGKOK, Aug 28 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday has visited flood-stricken areas in Phitsanulok in the North before leaving for the northeastern province of Udon Thani later in the day. Ms Yingluck led her team to Bang Rakam and Phrom Phiram districts in Phisanulok on Sunday. She was received by Public Health […]
Phrae – A local red-shirt leader was killed in front a computer by an unknown attacker who slit his throat Saturday, police said. Police said the body of Udomsup Thammuang was found in the back of the Supudom shop in Muang district at 11 am. His body was found in front of computer with his […]
PHICHIT, Aug 21 – Floods continue in some northern provinces while Kalasin province in the Northeast remains vigilant for possible flooding and landslide. The water level in the Yom River, running through Phichit province passed the critical level by 85 centimetres and overflowed its banks, flooding 150 houses in Phichit’s Pho Thale district. Moreover, run-off […]
As floods still affected 12 Thai provinces, officials at the Royal Irrigation Department’s Computing Centre for the Water Situation said yesterday the flow rate of the Chao Phraya River in Nakhon Sawan would rise to 2,300-2,400 cubic metres per second in the next three-to-five days due to a subtropical ridge hovering over the North and […]
Forest land encroachment problems are now spreading to the Eastern and Northern provinces of Thailand after large areas of more than 1,000 rai of forest reserves in Kanchanaburi and Phetchabun were found to have been converted to rubber plantations by Taiwanese and other wealthy foreigners. Natural Resources and Environ-ment Ministry permanent secretary Chote Trachoo said […]
PHITSANULOK, Aug 17 – Flooding in the lower northern province of Phitsanulok is still critical while the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation issued a warning for possible flash floods and landslides in the North, the Northeast and the East this week. In Phitsanulok, villagers moved their household belongings to higher ground after heavy rain […]
Landslide warnings were issued in ten Thailand’s Northern Provinces on Tuesday. Somboon Kositanon, director of Lampang’s mineral resources office Region 1, said Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lampang, Phrae, Nan, Phayao, Uttaradit, Tak, Mae Hong Son and Lamphun – especially areas near mountains or rivers were at risk of landslides following abnormally-large accumulated rainfall this year. […]
AYUTTHAYA, 13 August 2011 (NNT) – It has been speculated that if the water levels in Bhumibol and Sirikit dams will exceed their capacity, and the water will have to be relieved into the rivers downstream which could eventually exacerbate the flooding in Ayutthaya province. According to Mr. Maitri Pitinanon, Director of the Ayutthaya Royal […]
