CHIANG MAI, Feb 19 – A forest fire in Chiang Mai is causing low visibility, as northern provinces continue fighting a haze problem with more patients seeking medical treatment for haze-related respiratory illness. The forest fire at Kanin National Reserved Forest in Chiang Mai’s Hang Dong district on Sunday damaged forested areas along a one […]
Forest fire at Chiang Rai’s Doi Mae Salong, strong winds escalating flames and hampering containment. Over 500 rai damaged so far as blaze ongoing. Read more: MCOT
BANGKOK, 11 February 2012 (NNT) – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has conceded Thai people may have to face a new round of floods this year but confirmed the government would try its best to handle the problem. In her Saturday talk show, PM Yingluck has admitted that severe flooding may recur and participation from all […]
Dinosaur fossils thought to be 110 million years old have been discovered in Si Muang Mai district of Ubon Ratchathani. Teeth and bones of dinosaurs from the early Cretaceous period were found among other fossils of crocodiles, turtles, river sharks and bony fish in Khokphasuam forest in a community of tambon Nakham. Read more: The […]
Sixty-one illegally harvested rosewood logs, or payoong, worth more than 11 million baht were seized by police and forestry officials in Si Sa Ket on Wednesday. Si Sa Ket police chief Pongwutti Pongsri said the logs and four weighing scales were found in a row house in Si Sa Ket’s Muang district. Read more: Bangkok […]
HAT YAI, Jan 12 – Songkhla’s Hat Yai municipality raised the ‘yellow flag’ today warning residents of flood danger after heavy downpours raise local water levels and flood fears prompted the immediate closure of schools in five at-risk areas. Heavy rain at Hat Yai’s Patong sub-district forced residents to closely monitor the water level at […]
SURAT THANI, Nov 26 – Two more districts of the southern province of Surat Thani were announced as flood disaster areas, meaning there were now six districts designated as disaster zones while forest run-off has cut off two bridges in Kanchanadit district. Two districts that were included in the flood disaster list were Tha Chana […]
Part of Burma’s breadbasket in the country’s center is fast deteriorating and the area may face greater food insecurity without immediate action, local NGOs are warning. “If we [wait], it will be too late and too hard to rehabilitate,” said Aung Myint, general-secretary of the Renewable Energy Association Myanmar, which calls on residents in the […]
