Tag: Vamco
Pattaya picking up the pieces after Vamco ‘disaster’
Steps leading to Pattaya Beach in front of the Pizza Hut restaurant on Pattaya Beach Road were turned into a deceptively beautiful waterfall as...
Mayor begins surveying damage in Vamco’s aftermath
As Pattaya’s streets drained, Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome and city officials began the job of surveying the damage to both the city’s residents and property....
New pumps can’t save Highway 7 from flooding closure
The Highway Special Maintenance Department installed five pumps on the Bangkok-Chonburi Expressway after a section became impassable during last week’s storms. The onset of...
Soi Khao Talo resurfacing washed away by Vamco
After taking a pounding from tropical depression Vamco and the resulting flooding, Soi Khao Talo now more closely resembles the surface of the moon...
One Pattaya village’s drainage problem becomes another’s disaster
The lack of a proper drainage system under East Pattaya’s Eakmongkol Village 8, off Khao Talo Soi 3, is creating havoc for residents of...
Bang Saray Beach, fishermen take brunt of Vamco’s rage in Sattahip
While Pattaya’s flooding disaster grabbed the headlines, Sattahip had is share of pain inflicted by tropical depression Vamco Bang Saray Mayor Somjit Nimsuwan and...
Army leads flood-relief effort in inundated Huay Yai
With skies clearing and streets drying, military and government officials mobilized throughout Pattaya to come to the aid of Pattaya’s many victims of tropical...
Fishing vendor dies in Vamco flooding
A Pattaya hotpot vendor who went hunting for fish in the floodwaters created by tropical depression Vamco was swept away and found a day...
Nongprue distributes food, water to flood victims
Nongprue Sub-district donated food to victims of tropical depression Vamco in the Nong Yai area, which was hit hard by flooding. Mayor Mai Chaiyanit...
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