NAKHON PHANOM, Jan 16 – A cold snap has hit much of northern and northeastern Thailand, leaving tens of thousands of people living in difficulty for lack of warm clothing, while many are suffering from respiratory and asthma problems, officials said. They said the temperature in the northeastern province of Nakhon Phanom bordering Laos dropped […]
The Chiang Mai’s Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Centre has declared 21 districts of the province disaster-affected zone after average temperatures falling below 15 degrees Celsius. The latest declaration of more areas stricken by the cold spell was an increase from 12 districts which local relief authorities have declared a few weeks earlier. Read more: […]
SONGKHLA, Nov 24 – Flooding in Thailand’s deep south has started to recede after rain stopped, even as several popular tourist destinations in the North are packed with tourists attracted by the chilly weather. Heavy rain which fell in the southern province of Songkhla overnight Saturday stopped, but metre deep floodwater overflowed a canal in […]
CHIANG MAI, Nov 20 – Residents of Fang district in Thailand’s northern Chiang Mai province have been besieged by winter temperatures below 15 degrees Celsius for the past two weeks and have asked the provincial office to declare the district as a winter stricken zone, to be provided urgent help. Over 70 households of Baan […]
The temperature in the Thai capital Bangkok fell to its lowest in decades Thursday, during an unusually cold winter that has already claimed 63 lives in northern parts of the country, the government said. “Bangkok hit its coldest record in 30 years Thursday morning when the temperature fell to 15.6 Celsius,” said Songkram Aksorn, Deputy […]
BANGKOK, 22 January 2014 (NNT) – The intense high pressure area maintaining its grasp over Thailand has caused the mercury to drop and fog to occur in many provinces in the North and Northeast. At Doi Inthanon in Chiang Mai, heavy fog has reduced road visibility at some spots to between 5 and 10 meters, […]
CHIANG MAI, 16 January 2014 (NNT) – Widespread frost was spotted in Chiang Mai’s Doi Inthanont peaks on Thursday as the temperature plummeted by up to 5 degree Celsius during the past few days. It is the second day that frost has been reported as the mercury hovers around -1 degree to 3 degree near […]
LAMPANG, Jan 5 – Residents in Thailand’s northern region have been warned to prepare for another cold spell this week as temperature had been warming recently. Lampang meteorological station chief Thiva Phanmaisi said the temperature in the province has risen 1-3 degrees after the New Year period with average temperature in the city around 15-17 […]
