CHAIIYAPHUM, Sept 23 (TNA) – Heavy rains caused floods in many provinces in the North and the Northeast. In the northeastern province of Chaiyaphum, a storm that approached Vietnam brought rains to many areas including the Phu Laen Kha mountain range. Consequently the Lam Pa Thao dam overflowed into the Tat Ton National Park. Officials […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Meteorological Department is closely monitoring the development of tropical storm Conson expected to move into the South China Sea this week, while a monsoonal trough and influence from yet another emerging storm is expected to cause more rain in the upper east regions of Thailand from tomorrow. The Meteorological Department has […]
A 72-year-old British man was found safe three days after disappearing in a thick jungle in northeastern Thailand while going to visit friends on a motorbike. A local hunter came across B. L. W. on Friday in a remote forest in Khon Kaen province, said Nattapat Tadee, a member of a local volunteer team that […]
Thailand’s northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani has recently come up with its own model for local quarantine, to accommodate native residents infected with COVID-19 and who develop mild symptoms. The living quarters, for asymptomatic cases and those with mild symptoms, are not a “hospitel”, a model widely adopted in Bangkok and other affluent provinces, but […]
Thailand expects to inaugurate in June its first hydro-solar plant, which it claims to be the largest in the world, with 144,000 solar panels that will occupy 120 hectares and produce 45 megawatts (MW). The panels will float on water in the Sirindhorn dam in Ubon Ratchathani, in the northeast of the country, so that […]
NAKHON PHANOM: A man missing for four or five days was found dead at the bottom of a well at a temple in Muang district on Sunday morning, police said. Pol Capt Chom Churat, a Muang police duty officer, said the discovery was reported to police at about 9am. Full story: Bangkok Post Pattanapong Sripiachai […]
Five passengers, including two children, were killed and several others were injured when a double-decker tour bus, in which they were travelling, caught fire on the Friendship Highway in Ban Haed district of Thailand’s northeastern province of Khon Kaen on Monday night. Initial reports indicate that journey of the bus, operated by 407 Pattana Company, […]
NAKHON PHANOM: Border patrol police seized 40,950 methamphetamine pills abandoned on Highway 212 in Tha Uthen district late on Sunday night. Pol Lt Col Thanapol Thaonu, deputy commander of the 23rd Border Patrol Police (BPP) Unit, said the meth pills were manufactured with with a new formula, as they were coated with crystallised methamphetamine. Full […]
