Tag: floods
Sattahip Naval Base dispatches boats, flood aid to Ayutthaya
The Sattahip Naval Base sent boats, rescue equipment and troops to assist flood-relief efforts in Ayutthaya. Capt. Suphasit Boorna-oosoth, Navy Region...
Storm drains
Editor; We here at the Pollution Solution Group wonder why the storm drains are “always” left full of garbage and when storms, expected...
Pattaya drowns … again
In a city where even an hour of heavy rain floods main arteries, last weekend’s 12-plus hour downpour brought Pattaya to its knees as...
Police of all types get marine-rescue training
Street patrolmen, tourist police and railroad cops all learned the basics of marine emergency rescue at a two-day seminar administered by the Marine Police....
Bangkok will not face floods soon
BANGKOK, 10 August 2011 -The Department of Drainage and Sewerage has revealed that Bangkok will not deal with floods anytime soon as current...
Thailand’s flood death toll rises to 13
BANGKOK, Aug 5 - Thailand’s floods triggered by tropical storm Nock-Ten have killed at least 13 while one person is missing, according to...
Nan declared flood disaster zone
NAN, June 27 -- The northern province of Nan was declared a disaster zone from floods today as local residents were under pressure and...
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British woman reunited with son after Pattaya Tourist Police help
PATTAYA, Thailand – A British woman who was too intoxicated to return to her accommodation on her own was safely escorted back by Pattaya...
Drunk Russian tourist on hotel sofa helped back to his room
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya Tourist Police were called to a hotel on August 13 after staff found a heavily intoxicated foreign tourist sleeping on...
Rescue volunteers suspended after assaulting taxi driver in Bangkok
BANGKOK, Thailand – A group of rescue volunteers has been suspended from duty after a video showing several volunteers allegedly assaulting a taxi driver...
Waves erode Krating Lai shoreline, damaging Pattaya beach park
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials have inspected damage at Krating Lai Beach Park after waves eroded more than 20 metres of the shoreline,...
Pattaya motorbike taxi driver seeks police help for rescued fruit bat
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police officers and members of the public at Pattaya City Police Station were left puzzled when a motorcycle taxi driver arrived...