Tag: Thai Flood
Flood in Phitsanulok’s Bang Rakam likely to last another month
PHITSANULOK, Sept 25 – Phitsanulok’s Bang Rakam district is likely to be under water for another month before receding in late October as...
KMIT unveils microwave soil heating for farmers
BANGKOK, Sept 25 – King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang has introduced a new invention using microwave drying out of waterlogged soil to...
Thailand’s former capital to stay dry as water recedes
AYUTTHAYA, Sept 25 - The provincial irrigation bureau in this former capital of Thailand, 70km north of Bangkok, has allayed fears of floods...
Heavy rains expected in the East and South of Thailand
BANGKOK, 25 September 2012 - The Meteorological Department has issued another weather warning to residents in the East and the South to brace...
Water in Bangkok’s eastern canals drained to prepare for more rainfall
BANGKOK, Sept 23 – The Royal Irrigation Department has coordinated with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to drain water from Bangkok’s eastern canals into the...
Three flood-related deaths reported this year: Public Health Ministry
BANGKOK, Sept 23 – The public health ministry reported three flood-related deaths this year with a cumulative number of patients at 25,000, mostly...
2,000 people made ill by floods each day
BANGKOK, 22 September 2012 - Minister of Public Health Wittaya Buranasiri has reported that almost 2,000 people are suffering from illnesses caused by...
Drinkers warned of drowning in floodwater
BANGKOK, 24 September 2012 – Amidst the current flooding, Deputy Minister of Public Health Dr. Surawit Khonsomboon has revealed the danger of being...
6 out of 9 drainage works in Bangkok completed to date
BANGKOK, 23 September 2012– More than half of the drainage works, intended to help ease the flood problem in Bangkok, has been completed. ...
Kasetsart: 1.3 million rai of farmland underwater during recent flood
BANGKOK, 24 September 2012 - The Kasetsart University Office of Agricultural Economics (KU-OAE) Foresight Center has indicated that the flooding in the lower...
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Victim seeks justice after road rage assault at Pattaya railway crossing
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Israeli tourist abandoned by deceitful motorbike taxi in Sattahip
PATTAYA, Thailand - Pattaya Tourist Police swiftly responded to a distress call from concerned citizens reporting a foreign national in a state of distress...
Pattaya citizens condemn desecration of iconic landmark
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PATTAYA, Thailand - The desecration of Pattaya City's cherished symbol, the PATTAYA CITY sign at Bali Hai Pier, is not just an attack on...