A tropical storm has slammed into northeastern China, threatening a chemical plant. High waves caused by tropical storm Muifa breached a dyke Monday morning at the Fujiahua chemical plant in the city of Dalian. Residents in the area were evacuated as a precautionary measure, while soldiers and workers reinforced the dyke with large stones and […]
A flash flood last week smashed a hilltribe shelter in Mae Hong Son, killing seven occupants and injuring a few others. The area had suffered days of heavy rain triggered by the lingering influence of tropical storm Nock-Ten. Scores of hilltribe people, mainly Karenni, were seeking refuge at the shelter after fleeing armed fighting in […]
LAMPANG, Aug 6 – All 13 districts of the northern province of Lampang were declared disaster zones, according to its deputy governor, while the governor of nearby Tak province ordered relief centres to be set up to assist flood victims there round the clock. Deputy governor Utan Chavamethi said 495 villages of 85 sub-districts in […]
BANGKOK, Aug 4 – Nine people died and six are missing in landslides, drowning and other storm- and flood-related incidents in Thailand’s North and Northeast, as the number of flood-hit provinces rose to 17, according to Public Health Ministry’s deputy permanent secretary Dr Narong Sahamethapat. The northern province of Mae Hong Son recorded the highest […]
Three local villagers were killed and four others went missing in a mudslide in Mae Hong Son’s Sob Moei district on Wednesday following consecutive days of the heavy downpours. The victims were hilltribe people whose houses were on edge of the hills in the district. Read more: The Nation
PHRAE, Aug 1 – Unexpected floods have hit many provinces in Thailand’s North and Northeast due to the influence of tropical storm Nock-Ten, with two persons reported missing in Phrae. Two persons went missing in Rongkwang district when their boat capsized while they were on duty helping flood victims. Roads in the municipality are under […]
Massive landslide destroys 100 households in Khao Phanom district; many still missing; Floods continue to wreak havoc; 710,000 now affected; Satun and Phuket get warning Days of downpours yesterday triggered a leviathan landslide that swallowed up an entire village of about 100 households in Krabi’s Khao Phanom district, leaving 10 residents reported dead and many […]
SOLDIERS and volunteer reinforcements were moving to a remote area of Krabi this afternoon as officials assessed the scale of a natural disaster than has left at least 13 people dead, scores injured, and hundreds still missing. At least 1100 people have been evacuated as hillside torrents and mudslides turn valley villages around mountainous Khao […]
