Thap Lan National Park chief Thewin Meesap yesterday ordered the owners of 25 resorts, which were “illegally built” in the park area, to demolish their structures and move out of the area by the end of this month. Action would be taken under the 1961 National Park Act, which does not allow any individual to […]
AYUTTHAYA, 7 August, 2011(NNT) – The governor of Ayutthaya province has declared three districts flood disaster zones as the water in Chao Phraya Dam has already flooded the western part of the Chao Phraya River. The water level of the Chao Phraya River in front of Wat Chai Watthanaram has risen rapidly and is close […]
LAMPANG, Aug 6 – All 13 districts of the northern province of Lampang were declared disaster zones, according to its deputy governor, while the governor of nearby Tak province ordered relief centres to be set up to assist flood victims there round the clock. Deputy governor Utan Chavamethi said 495 villages of 85 sub-districts in […]
BANGKOK, 6 August 2011 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has instructed all hospitals under its supervision in 13 provinces along the Chao Phraya and the Pa Sak Rivers to be ready to safeguard their facilities against floodwater from the North. Permanent Secretary for Public Health MD Paichit Warachit today paid a visit to […]
Three more people were found dead in a landslide that slammed into a village in Mae Hong Son’s Sop Moei district early this week, governor Kamthorn Thavornsathit said yesterday. The latest victims were members of the Muentum family, identified as Prawit, 34, Takari, 48, and Lah, 74. They were buried near their home in Ban […]
Three local villagers were killed and four others went missing in a mudslide in Mae Hong Son’s Sob Moei district on Wednesday following consecutive days of the heavy downpours. The victims were hilltribe people whose houses were on edge of the hills in the district. Read more: The Nation
PHICHIT, July 30 – Thailand’s northern provinces on Saturday are in preparation for possible floods from the upcoming tropical storm ‘Nock-Ten’ which is forecast to move into Thailand after making landfall in Vietnam tonight. In the lower northern province of Phichit, Governor Suwit Watcharotayangkul visited riverside areas and monitored water level in two major waterways: […]
BANGKOK, 29 July 2011 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Police is ready to dispatch over 1,600 officers to secure by-elections in Nong Khai and Sukhothai as well as the ballot recount in Yala on 31 July, believing the situation will be peaceful. Ahead of the two by-elections to be held this Sunday for Constituency 2 […]
