An 11 year-old boy has emerged as a hero after he rescued a very young sibling from raging torrents of floodwater two days ago. “Because water gushed down so fast and furiously, we were swept away. Then, I saw my brother trapped between two small branches of a tree,” Jakkrit Chusri recounted. “I myself fell […]
BANGKOK, 1 April 2011 (NNT) – A total of eight southern provinces have been experiencing serious flooding resulting in 13 fatalities as of 31 March 2011, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM). DDPM Director-General Wiboon Sanguanpong reported that there have been 514 sub-districts in 81 districts under eight provinces in the […]
Two flights of Thai Airways International in the Bangkok-Surat Thani route were affected today, due to the flood in Surat Thani. TG253 from Bangkok to Surat Thani just departed Bangkok at 11am, from regular schedule at 09.50am. TG254 from Surat Thani to Bangkok just departed at 1pm, from regular schedule of 11.45am. By The Nation
Bangkok Airways and Thai Airways International have resumed most of their regular services to Koh Samui as stormy weather starts to clear, relieving frustration among passengers. Bangkok Airways operated 19 flights yesterday to carry about 2,000 passengers off the flood-stricken island. Thai Airways made three flights to Samui and transported 600 passengers who were stranded […]
Massive landslide destroys 100 households in Khao Phanom district; many still missing; Floods continue to wreak havoc; 710,000 now affected; Satun and Phuket get warning Days of downpours yesterday triggered a leviathan landslide that swallowed up an entire village of about 100 households in Krabi’s Khao Phanom district, leaving 10 residents reported dead and many […]
SOLDIERS and volunteer reinforcements were moving to a remote area of Krabi this afternoon as officials assessed the scale of a natural disaster than has left at least 13 people dead, scores injured, and hundreds still missing. At least 1100 people have been evacuated as hillside torrents and mudslides turn valley villages around mountainous Khao […]
Krabi – Ten bodies of a village hit by flash flood and mudslide early Wednesday have been recovered, a district chief said. Supoj Chanakit, the chief of Khao Phanom district in Krabi, said ten bodies have been recovered from a downstream river. Supoj said the victims were believed to be residents of Moo 7 village […]
Four people are confirmed dead and another is missing in the heavy floods that have hit Surat Thani province over the past few days, the provincial disaster prevention and mitigation office reported on Wednesday afternoon. The office said 180 households on Koh Samui reported food shortages. Read more: Bangkok Post
