SONGKHLA, Dec 22 (TNA) – Flooding happened in 15 districts of Songkhla province and killed one. Organizations quickly offered help to victims. The 15 districts were flooded from Dec 17 to 21 and one person drowned in Hat Yai district. Floodwater damaged houses, roads and schools. Provincial authorities declared flooded areas disastrous zones to speed […]
The Surat Thani Immigration officers told the Phuket Express that they have arrested a British national in front of a hotel on the Cherng Mon – Chaweng Road in Bo Phut sub-district, Koh Samui District. He is now at 38 days of overstaying his legal visa to stay in Thailand according to police. He was […]
Ferries have resumed normal operations after a 2-day suspension due to strong winds and waves in the Gulf of Thailand, according to Surat Thani’s governor. At 5:30 AM today, December 20th, local media reported the ferry services in Koh Samui in the Ang Thong subdistrict have re-opened again after being suspended for two days. Full […]
Seven crew members of the ill-fated HTMS Sukhothai were found drifting in the Gulf of Thailand today, but only one of them had survived, according to the Chief-of-Staff of the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) Admiral Cholathit Navanukroh. He said that autopsies will be conducted. Meanwhile, Commander-in-Chief of the RTN, Admiral Choengchai Chomchoenpaet said that the […]
Eleven foreign nationals, who were not identified by authorities, were injured this morning in Phetchaburi, Thailand when the tour bus they were riding in crashed into a power pole in Kaeng Krachan. The accident happened around 4:00 A.M. on the Phetkasem Highway when, according to passengers, two drivers were switching turns at the wheel without […]
Flooding has affected more than 64,400 households in nine southern provinces since Sunday and persists in seven provinces, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Tuesday. Days of heavy rain from Sunday to Tuesday brought flash floods, landslides and gusty winds to the nine provinces of Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang, Phatthalung, […]
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, Dec 20 (TNA) – Scuba divers from the Sattahip Naval Base were deployed to search for 30 sailors who went missing after HTMS Sukhothai sank in the Gulf of Thailand off Prachuap Khiri Khan province. The sea there was not as rough as it had been two days ago and personnel from […]
On December 19th, the order restricting boats is to remain in effect with no new announcements. There are strong waves of up to four meters in the open sea in the Gulf of Thailand near Samui Island, Pha Ngan Island and Tao Island. Thais and foreigners on Samui Island have had to change their plans […]
