The Public Health Ministry has raised the nation’s Covid-19 alert level from 3 to 4 following a rapid increase in Omicron variant infections. Health permanent secretary Kiattiphum Wongrajit announced the decision on Thursday morning. Full story: Bangkok Post Apinya Wipatayotin BANGKOK POST
People living downstream of the Lam Chiang Krai reservoir, in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, have been advised to move their valuables to higher ground and to prepare for evacuation in case of sudden flooding. Meanwhile, Royal Irrigation Department Deputy Director-General Thaweesak Thanadechophol denied press reports today (Monday) that the reservoir banks had collapsed, […]
AYUTTHAYA: The Royal Irrigation Department on Monday maintained an urgent flood alert for seven provinces as more water is released from the reservoir behind the Chao Phraya dam in Chai Nat province. Uthai Thani, Chai Nat, Sing Buri, Ang Thong, Suphan Buri, Ayutthaya and Lop Buri are at risk from overflow of the Chao Phraya […]
Authorities in 12 provinces across the country are bracing for possible heavy rain until August 20, that could trigger severe flooding and landslides, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) said. Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation director-general Chayapol Thitisak said warnings were issue as result of present weather conditions and heavy rains according […]
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Three motorcycles with southern licence plates abandoned at Hua Hin train station in Hua Hin district prompted a bomb alert on Sunday. At about noon on Sunday staff of the train station informed local police of the three motorcycles, one of which had been parked there for a week, since July 28. […]
Phang Nga governor Siripat Pattakul Friday ordered all government agencies in the southern province to be on alert around the clock after surface run-off from a mountain hit a village in Takua Pa district in the early hours. Following hours of heavy rains, the run-off from Khao Lak-Ram Ru mountain flooded Moo 3 village in […]
NONG KHAI, 10th September 2018 (NNT) – The Temporary Crisis Center has maintained a call for caution against flooding in many provinces nationwide, despite the flood crises in 10 provinces gradually resolving. The Temporary Crisis Center has indicated 55 provinces are at-risk of heavy rains. Meanwhile, the Nakhon Nayok, Prachinburi and Mekong rivers have all […]
BANGKOK, 4th September 2018 (NNT) – The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has made preparations to handle a large mass of water expected from the north as heavy rains are expected across 60-70 percent of the country this week. RID Director-General Thongplew Kongchan reported today that rains in the north have swelled the Chao Phraya River […]
