BANGKOK, 24 June 2011 (NNT) – The Thai Meteorological Department has warned people in the North and the Northeast of torrential rains during 24-26 June as a result of Tropical Storm Haima in the Gulf of Tonkin. Director-General of the Meteorological Department Torsak Wanichkhajorn reported that Tropical Storm Haima was currently dominating the Gulf of […]
BANGKOK, 9 June 2011 (NNT) – A total of 23 provinces are experiencing drought while another 30 provinces in the North, Northeast, East and central region are warned of torrential rain from 8 to 12 June 2011, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM). DDPM Director-General Viboon Sanguanpong reported that 23 provinces […]
PHETCHABUN, June 2 – One villager drowned Thursday as heavy rains throughout the night triggered forest runoff in this lower northern Thai province, while portions of the southern province of Phangnga were under water as the rains continued. Forest runoff from heavy rain hit Phetchabun’s Wichian Buri and Nong Phai districts Thursday. Torrential waterflows swept […]
BANGKOK, Nov 13 — Thirteen provinces in the north and northeastern regions Thailand are now hit by a cold spell, and the Meteorological Department forecasts that frigid temperatures in the North this year will be much more severe than in past years. Altogether 14,260 villages in the 13 provinces are currently affected by the cold […]
BANGKOK, 19 September 2010 (NNT) – The Thai Meteorological Department indicates high chances of heavy rainfalls in the northern, northeastern and central regions of Thailand during the next days ahead. According to the latest forecast issued by the Meteorological Department, a low-pressure trough was moving through the lower north, lower northeastern, central and eastern. As […]
BANGKOK — Thailand on Monday began to deport back to Laos more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong asylum-seekers, defying intense pressure from the United Nations, the United States and human rights groups who say the deportees could face persecution upon their return. After days of preparation, 5,000 troops and officials entered the Hmong camp in Thailand’s […]
BANGKOK: Thailand will begin repatriating more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong refugees to Laos on Monday despite strong international opposition to the move, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Saturday. The New York-based international rights group said that armed forces had been mobilised for the deportation from a camp in northern Phetchabun province where the Hmong […]
