ANG THONG, July 1 – Land subsidence in the central province of Ang Thong caused damages to nine houses while the cause of the sinkholes remains unknown. Chatchai Yensuang, Assistant district officer on Sunday inspected the area in the provincial seat where a road and housing foundations along the road cracked and subsided. Some houses […]
BANGKOK, 5 March 2012 (NNT) – Fire broke out at Wat Pa Mok in Ang Thong last night, setting a 100-year-old teakwood living compound ablaze. No injuries or deaths were reported while the damage is estimated to be worth 10 million baht. Last night, police from Pa Mok station rushed to Wat Pa Mok in […]
BANGKOK, 10 February 2012 (NNT) – Several areas of Thailand which were flooded last year have begun to put flood prevention plans in place. In response to Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi’s plan to carve Thonburi out of Bangkok for better water management, Deputy Bangkok Governor Teerachon Manomaipiboon said that the move is not […]
BANGKOK, Dec 5 – Thailand’s flood-related death toll rose to 675 on Monday with three persons remaining missing, the Emergency Operations Center for Flood, Storm and Landslide reported. As of Dec 5, the centre said, 675 people died in the flooding since it began in August. Two missing cases were reported in Mae Hong Son […]
BANGKOK, Nov 20 – Flood-related death toll from Thailand’s worst flooding in decades has risen to 602, while two persons are still reported missing, according to the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department. As of Nov 20, 125 districts in 17 provinces remain under water, affecting 5,078,477 people, it said in a daily report of the […]
BANGKOK, Nov 12 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday said the overall flood situation had gradually improved, stressing that the ‘Big Bag’ barrier could successfully delay floodwater from overflowing into the inner capital city. Addressing the public on her weekly TV and Radio programme, “Yingluck Government meets the People,” the prime minister said […]
BANGKOK, Oct 10 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday chaired a meeting at the government’s Flood Relief Operations Centre at Don Mueang airport to help flood-victims in many provinces before boarding a helicopter to inspect hardest-hit Ayutthaya where the floodwaters raged into parts of major industrial estate. Two people were reportedly electrocuted to […]
Yingluck to government agencies: Make plans now to move people to places where aid can be delivered easily Critical areas: Nakhon Sawan, Ayutthaya, Uthai Thani, Chai Nat, Sing buri, Angthong, Nonthaburi, Lop Buri, Pathum Thani and Chachoengsao; Premier orders watch over Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani water barriers Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday ordered government agencies to […]
