Tag: Ayutthaya
Water situation in central provinces still critical
ANG THONG, Oct 9 - Flooding in Thailand's central provinces is still critical, as Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said the flood situation can now...
Thai Red Cross Society urgently needs blood donation
BANGKOK, 10 October 2011 – The Thai Red Cross Society is in urgent need of blood donation now that flooding is badly affecting hospitals...
PM speeds up combined relief effort for flooded provinces
BANGKOK, Oct 10 -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday chaired a meeting at the government’s Flood Relief Operations Centre at Don Mueang airport...
Main highway linking Thailand’s North to capital submerged
BANGKOK, Oct 7 – The government has set up an integrated operations centre at Don Mueang Airport as flooding in Ayutthaya closed a section...
UNESCO offers help for flood-hit Ayutthaya World Heritage site
BANGKOK, Oct 7 - The United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Friday offered the Thai authorities emergency assistance for the ancient...
PM orders urgent raising height of riverside dykes in Ayutthaya
AYUTTHAYA, Oct 6 -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered raising the elevation of Ayutthaya flood prevention dyke to two metres out of concern that...
Flood crisis worsens in downstream central provinces
AYUTTHAYA, Oct 6 – Thailand’s old capital of Ayutthaya has been hardest hit by flooding as the mass of water from three rivers will...
Business forecast centre revises 2011 GDP projection downward due to flood...
BANGKOK, Oct 6 - University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) Centre for Economic and Business Forecasting has revised its 2011 GDP growth...
Historic Ayutthaya temple inundated; villagers evacuted
AYUTTHAYA, Oct 4 -- Waters of Thailand's Chao Phraya River flooded into a historic temple in the former capital of Siam at around 6am...
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No rest on Sunday Pattaya Mayor checks drainage fixes and road upgrades
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City Mayor Poramet Ngampichet continued field inspections over the weekend, visiting key infrastructure sites in Pattaya to monitor drainage improvements...