PHUKET, Dec 26 (TNA) – There were religious ceremonies in several southern provinces to mark the 18th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami. In Thalang district of Phuket, there were Buddhist, Christian and Islamic rites at the Mai Khao Cemetery to make merits for dead and missing victims of the tsunami which happened on Dec 26, […]
Public disaster experts admitted today (Sunday) that the Thai public is generally unaware of the danger posed by a repeat of a devastating tsunami, like that which struck many countries in Southeast Asia and around the Indian ocean, including the west coast of southern Thailand 17 years ago, and that there is a lack of […]
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ventured into the southern part of the Indian Ocean in its final hours, aviation expert Richard Godfrey suggested in a recent report using the data he obtained from a new method of tracking the plane that had gone missing on 8 March 2014. Godfrey relied in his research on the logs […]
PHANG-NGA, Dec 26 (TNA) – Tsunami memorial services have been held in Thai provinces hit by the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004. On the 15th anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, families of the victims joined multi-faith memorial services in the provinces on the Andaman Sea coast on Thursday, in remembrance of over 5,300 people […]
Six fishermen, one Thai and five Cambodians, have died from mysterious sickness, while they were on board two trawlers fishing in high sea near the Indian Ocean. Twenty others were also sicked and were rushed to Ranong provincial hospital soon after two fishing boats arrived on shore in Ranong last night. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
BANGKOK, March 27 – The Thai satellite “Thaichote” has spotted some 300 pieces of floating objects in Indian Ocean potentially related to the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft, according to satellite images collected by the Geo-Informatics and the Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA). GISTDA director Dr Anon Sanitwong na Ayutthaya said on Thursday that some 300 […]
BANGKOK, 12 April 2012 (NNT) – According to earthquake experts, a second massive quake is predicted to erupt in the Indian Ocean near Nicobar Islands and Ranong province of Thailand within days. Dr. Thanawat Charupongsakul, an expert at the disaster and geographic information study unit, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, held a joint press conference […]
BANGKOK, 11 April 2012 (NNT) – The National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) has announced cancellation of the tsunami alert along the Andaman coast of Thailand. According to Director-General of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Wiboon Sanguanpong, the NDWC has officially revoked its tsunami warning at 20.00 hrs, local time. Nonetheless, he said […]
