Tag: Yom River
Heavy rain, swollen river trigger continuing floods in North
SUKHOTHAI, June 13 - Flooding in Thailand's northern provinces continues due to heavy rain and the overflowing Yom River. ...
Residents in upper central region suffer from flood
PHITSANULOK, 12 June 2012 – The flood situation is widespread in the northern and upper central regions. A wild flood from Phrae province...
Flash flood cuts railway, roads in North
PHRAE, June 8 - Flash floods have hit several areas in Phrae, cutting a rail line, while train service to the north have...
Little Known Lanna: Lost in Time in Phrae
The small town of Phrae, which sits on the banks of the Yom River about 200 kilometres east of Thailand’s northern capital of Chiang...
Flood committee to propose building of five new dams
BANGKOK, 17 February 2012 - The Strategic Committee for Water Resources Management (SCWRM) has prepared to propose to the Cabinet the construction of...
PM holds meeting with governors of flood-hit provinces
BANGKOK, Sept 4 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will hold a meeting with governors of nine flood-stricken provinces on Sunday afternoon to listen to...
Yom River basin floods may last until November
PHITSANULOK, Sept 1 - The flood situation in many Thai provinces remain critical as in hard-hit Phitsanulok where water levels are expected to return...
Phisanulok hard hit by renewed flooding
PHITSANULOK, Aug 31 – The northern province of Phisanulok has been hit by a new round of floods, leading the authorities to tighten...
GISTDA: Karng Suea Ten Dam cannot ease floods
PHRAE, 21 August 2011- The latest survey by Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) has indicated that the construction of the Keang...
Flood, rain have some North, Northeast provinces on alert
PHICHIT, Aug 21 – Floods continue in some northern provinces while Kalasin province in the Northeast remains vigilant for possible flooding and landslide....
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