BANGKOK, Oct 21 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday urged city dwellers to move their belongings to safe locations in preparation for imminent flooding in the capital. “People in all areas of Bangkok should prepare to move their possessions to cope with the situation,” Ms Yingluck said. “The government’s Flood Relief Operations Centre (FROC) […]
BANGKOK, 15 October 2011 (NNT) – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has instructed the Royal Thai Air Force and the Royal Thai Police to deploy additional officers in an effort to reach out to all flood victims across the country. Speaking of her meeting with the flood relief operation center, the military, the police, experts […]
Yingluck says Bangkok floods won’t be high Residents in northern Bangkok and in the capital’s inner areas were thrown into panic yesterday after Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi issued a flood evacuation alert which turned out to be a false alarm. Around 6.30pm at the flood relief operations centre in Don Mueang airport, Mr […]
The national flood center of Thailand has announced that residents living in northern Bangkok, including the Klong Luang, Thammasat Rangsit, AIT, Northern Rangsit, Lam Luk Ka, Sai Mai, Rangsit, Pathum Thani, and Don Muang areas, should evacuate the area as major sand dikes in Pathum Thani Province have collapsed. Read more: TAN Network
BANGKOK, 12 October 2011 (NNT) – China has become the first foreign nation that offers help to flood victims in the country. A China Southern Airline plane carrying 50-million THB donations from the Chinese government is expected to arrive at Don Muang Airport on Wednesday evening. China’s aid includes high-speed motorboats and rowing boats, water […]
BANGKOK, Oct 12 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Wednesday that the floods which hit many provinces in north, northeastern and central regions are likely to last for two months so that the residents should adjust their life to cope with the situation. Speaking with governors of 14 flooded provinces in the central […]
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva discussed floods relief operations at government’s flood relief operation center at Don Mueang airport today. Ms Yingluck asked Mr Abhisit to help coordinate Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s flood relief and prevention operations with the government’s flood relief operation center. Read more: Bangkok Post
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 […]
