BANGKOK, Aug 30 – Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has remained vigilant for the possibility of an outbreak of bird flu after patients contracting the disease were reported in Vietnam and Cambodia, but no patients and no poultry dying of suspicious causes have been reported here. Dr Pasakorn Akarasewi, director of Thailand’s Bureau of Epidemiology […]
BANGKOK, 18 August 2011 (NNT) – Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has warned residents in the north, northeast and east to brace themselves for flash floods, wild water and mudslide until 21 August 2011. According to DDPM Director-General Viboon Sanguanpong, residents in the three regions, especially those residing near hill slopes, water […]
PHITSANULOK, Aug 17 – Flooding in the lower northern province of Phitsanulok is still critical while the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation issued a warning for possible flash floods and landslides in the North, the Northeast and the East this week. In Phitsanulok, villagers moved their household belongings to higher ground after heavy rain […]
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. […]
BANGKOK, 7 August 2011 (NNT) – The National Disaster Warning Center has alerted Thai people across the country of possible flash floods and mudslides in flood prone areas during this time as a tropical storm is expected to make a landfall. In the Northeast, Surin Governor Mr. Pipop Damthongsook has been told by the Center […]
Bangkok Metropolitan Police on Thursday arrested Weerapong Nilyakanont, 55, for involving in the Tuesday’s hoax call about bombs being planted at six locations inside Parliament. “The false warning triggered panick on the day the House of Representatives was scheduled to vote for the new speaker,” Metropolitan Region I commander Maj General Wichai Sangprapai said. Since […]
Thai Public Health Ministry is warning of a dengue fever outbreak after finding that more than 20,000 people have been hit with the disease over the six months and 13 of them have died. Elderly people and children aged under one year old are most at risk of dengue fever infection, the ministry’s permanent secretary […]
BANGKOK, 15 July 2011 (NNT) – The National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) has warned people residing in the northern and northeastern regions of Thailand about possible flash floods during this period. According to NDWC Director Group Captain Somsak Khaosuwan, villagers residing in the North and Northeast may face flash floods due to continuous rain since […]
