PHRAE, June 8 – Flash floods have hit several areas in Phrae, cutting a rail line, while train service to the north have been suspended in Uttaradit. A number of local roads in Phrae’s Den Chai district were cut off and soil on mountainsides slid down, blocking roads. Flooding is as deep as two metres […]
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, 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 […]
Phrae – A local red-shirt leader was killed in front a computer by an unknown attacker who slit his throat Saturday, police said. Police said the body of Udomsup Thammuang was found in the back of the Supudom shop in Muang district at 11 am. His body was found in front of computer with his […]
BANGKOK, Aug 17 – Thailand’s Public Health Ministry reported Wednesday that 31 persons have died and over 27,000 others have become sick due to the flooding in the country’s northern and northeastern provinces. Thirty-one deaths were reported, two in Chiang Mai, four in Sukhothai, two in Sakon Nakhon, eight in Phrae, three in Nakhon Phanom, […]
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 […]
