BANGKOK, 29th July 2018 (NNT) – The Prime Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, has expressed his condolences to the people affected by mudslides in Nan province. Gen. Prayut on Sunday (July 29th) instructed relevant officials to be on alert for mudslides and warn people against the disaster in a timely manner, after the recent mudslide incident […]
NAN, 29th July 2018 (NNT) – Eight people died in Nan province this weekend, when heavy rainfall triggered a deadly mudslide in Bo Kluea district. Local officers, rescuers, and volunteers on Saturday spent several hours looking for the bodies of mudslide victims in four devastated houses, amidst heavy precipitation. At least eight people have lost […]
At least seven villagers were killed and two others missing after heavy rains triggered a mudslide from a mountain into their valley village in the Bo Klua district of Nan province on Saturday morning. The authorities were alerted to the landslide at the Ban Huay Kham in Tambon Dong Phaya at 7am. Full story: The […]
A landslide, triggered by days of heavy downpours, made a large section of the Lak Lai-Bo Klua highway in Nan’s Bo Klua district impassable for all vehicles on Friday, prompting provincial governor Paisal Wimonrat to instruct it to be cleared. Nan Highway Office deputy director Udom Chamnanya estimated that it would take 2-3 days for […]
NAN: A 16-year-old boy who was severely beaten after refusing to lend his guitar to a classmate died on Friday after more than two weeks in a coma. Sitthichai “Nong Job’’ Pengnan, a Mathayom Suksa 4 student at a school in Na Noi district of this northern province, was pronounced dead at 12.48pm on Friday […]
NAN, 23 December 2016 (NNT) – The Prime Minister today visited Tha Wang Pha district of Nan province to address the problems of forest encroachment and water management. Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha urged local residents to protect their forests, which provide 45% of water in the Chao Phraya River. He also handed out permits […]
OFFICIALS in Nan have declared six districts in the northern province flood disaster zones, while neighbouring provinces also recover from severe flooding. Nan governor Suwat Phromsuwan said the six flood-hit districts were Santisuk (38 villages in tambons Pa Laew Luang, Pong and Dupong); Tha Wang Pha (21 villages in tambons Tan Chum, Tha Wang Pha, […]
NAN: One man died and three are in hospital after eating raw pork in Nan in the north of Thailand. The sick people were all guests at a party held in a village in Thung Chang district. Read more: Thaivisa News – Thairath
