NAN, 6 April 2012 (NNT) – Heavy rain last night caused the water level in the Nan River to rise and overflow its banks into residential area forcing residents to move their belongings to safer places. Shopkeepers in Hat Hin Khao and Hat Ruam Jai Communities in Muang District had to move their belongings on […]
BANGKOK, March 14 – The seasonal haze enveloping Thailand’s northern provinces is gradually improving — except for Lampang and Nan — as the current particulate dust level is within acceptable safety standards, according to the Pollution Control Department. The pollution specialist agency reported that air quality inspection on Wednesday showed that less than 10 micron […]
BANGKOK, 19 February 2012 (NNT) – Thailand’s Minister of Public Health has instructed the Disease Control Department to deliver sanitary masks to eight northern provinces being plagued by haze pollution in order to prevent local people from inhaling smoke and dust. As the level of haze pollution in the North of Thailand currently exceeds the […]
BANGKOK, 30 September 2011 (NNT) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has indicated that up to half of overseas tour companies have cancelled their reservations in Thailand after learning of the flood situation. TAT Executive Director for the Northern Region Sethapon Chindanon reported that the current flooding disaster had caused about 50 percent of […]
BANGKOK, 11 September 2011 (NNT) – The flood situation in Thailand is still far from over as the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has warned residents in disaster-prone areas to brace for flash floods and landslides during this period. Thunderstorms are expected in the northeast, the central and the eastern regions. Residents in flood-prone […]
PHICHIT, Aug 21 – Floods continue in some northern provinces while Kalasin province in the Northeast remains vigilant for possible flooding and landslide. The water level in the Yom River, running through Phichit province passed the critical level by 85 centimetres and overflowed its banks, flooding 150 houses in Phichit’s Pho Thale district. Moreover, run-off […]
Landslide warnings were issued in ten Thailand’s Northern Provinces on Tuesday. Somboon Kositanon, director of Lampang’s mineral resources office Region 1, said Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lampang, Phrae, Nan, Phayao, Uttaradit, Tak, Mae Hong Son and Lamphun – especially areas near mountains or rivers were at risk of landslides following abnormally-large accumulated rainfall this year. […]
SUKHOTHAI, Aug 13 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday instructed concerned agencies and ministries to speed up implementation of relief measures for flood-hit victims from repeated flooding in upper Thailand. The prime minister made remarks as she inspected Sukhothai province before heading to the northern provinces of Phrae and Nan which have also […]
