Indonesian authorities on Sunday raised to the highest level the risk alert around the Semeru volcano, in the southeast of the island of Java, due to the “increased volcanic activity” after the eruption recorded this morning, which caused the evacuation of about 2,000 people so far. The measure is due to the fact that “eruption […]
Eight people were evacuated at night from a landslide on Rang Hill in Phuket Town. Rescue workers were notified of the incident after midnight (October 20th) at accommodation on Kor Sim Bee Road at Rang Hill in Talad Nuea in Phuket Town. Full story: thephuketexpress.com By Goongnang Suksawat The Phuket Express
The Thai embassy in Warsaw has evacuated both Thais and Filipinos from Ukraine, with more Thais due to arrive home on Saturday morning. Only one Thai who wants to leave is unable to. That person is stranded in the city of Severodonetsk, which is near the eastern border in a pro-Russian separatist zone not controlled […]
Thirty-eight Thai evacuees from Ukraine arrived at Suvarnabhumi airport via Frankfurt on Wednesday morning and 58 others were due via Dubai around noon. Suvarnabhumi airport director Kittipong Kittikachorn said two flights were arranged to bring Thai evacuees to Thailand on Wednesday. Full story: Bangkok Post BANGKOK POST ONLINE REPORTERS
Forty-seven Thais arrived at the help centre in the Ukrainian city of Lviv with more on their way on Sunday, according to the Thai embassy in Warsaw, the capital of neighbouring Poland. On its Facebook page, the embassy, which is making arrangements to evacuate Thais from a Ukraine currently under attack from Russian military forces, […]
Three Daesh women and their fourteen children have been repatriated to Denmark in a government effort from the al-Roj detention camp for former terrorists, militants and sympathisers in Syria, Danish Radio reported. The women, who willingly travelled to Syria and joined Daesh in 2014, were placed police custody and are scheduled to appear at preliminary […]
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, […]
Rescuers worked feverishly to evacuate forty patients as Bamnet Narong Hospital in Chaiyaphum was flooded on Sunday morning, seriously damaging the facility. The Hook 31 rescue unit reported on Sunday afternoon that 26 patients were successfully transferred from the hospital in Bamnet Narong district to other hospitals in the province, while the Public Health Ministry […]
