‘Big Joke’ challenges flood death toll as ministry insists not as high as 1,000
A HEATED debate erupted between a senior Public Health Ministry official and former deputy national police chief Pol. Gen. Surachate Hakphan, nicknamed Big Joke, amid speculation that the death toll in the huge Hat Yai floods could reach 1,000 with the latter insisting this is the case, PPTVHD36 said this morning (Dec. 2). Dr. […]
Read MoreParts of Trang still flooded despite rain having stopped falling
ALTHOUGH severe flooding has eased in seven of nine Trang districts, with only one district spared inundation, floodwaters are still roof-high at houses along Trang river despite the rain having stopped for four days now with villagers saying there was complacency that a diversion canal would work well as it has done over the […]
Read More‘Big Joke’ presses PM to release true southern floods death toll
WITH many people now doubting the accuracy of the government’s death toll in the severe flooding of the South and calling for the real total to be released, former deputy national police chief Pol. Gen. Surachate Hakphan, nicknamed Big Joke, too urged Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to do so and mentioned that the current […]
Read MoreImmigration Bureau waives overstay fine for foreigners stranded in floods
FOREIGN tourists stranded in their accommodations at eight severely flooded southern provinces, particularly Songkhla, and unable to depart the country within the permitted timeframe do not have to pay a 500-baht a-day overstay fine, PPTVHD36 said this evening (Nov. 28). Pol. Maj. Gen. Cherngron Rimphidee, deputy police commissioner-general and spokesperson for the Immigration Bureau, […]
Read MorePM flies to Hat Yai for fourth time to oversee flood relief work
PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul said before flying to Hat Yai city, Songkhla province, today (Nov. 28) for a fourth visit since severe flooding began last Friday that while the situation has improved District 8 remained inundated but refused to comment about concerns over Mafia in that district, Naewna newspaper said. Anutin was accompanied by […]
Read MoreOver 100 bodies found in Hat Yai floods: Police
THAI police said in a Facebook post this evening (Nov. 27) that Forensic Science Centre 9 revealed that they have found over a hundred dead bodies in Hat Yai flooding with 20 of them still to be identified, Naewna newspaper said. National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Kitrat Phanphet mobilised a forensic science team, teams […]
Read MoreIn pictures: Hat Yai after floodwaters started receding
AFTER days of critical inundation floodwaters began steadily receding in Hat Yai today (Nov. 27) with vehicles and boats now able to reach all communities and authorities urgently delivering supplies as a large number of residents have been living in cold weather, with no sunlight, no electricity and no food or water for days, […]
Read MoreTwo shots fired at jet-skiing rescuers in Hat Yai
SEVERE flooding in southern Hat Yai city is turning violent as two shots were fired at jet-skiing rescuers with a flat-bottom boat accompanying them also smashed on the bow forcing a quick withdrawal, Amarin TV said this evening (Nov. 26) The Army Military Force Facebook page posted this message, “Urgent! A jetski rescue team […]
Read MoreSouthern floods death toll reaches 33 as evacuation continues
THE SEVERE flooding of several southern Thailand provinces have so far killed 33 victims while evacuation is underway in many areas beyond heavily-hit Songkhla province, PPTVHD36 said this afternoon (Nov. 26). Mr. Siripong Angkasakulkiat, government spokesperson for the Centre for Emergency Response (CRES), said after Minister of Prime Minister’s Office Paradorn Prisananantakul chaired a […]
Read MoreSevere floods have cost southern economy 25 billion baht so far: Research
KASIKORN Research Centre estimates that the critical flooding in the South has so far cost the regional economy 25 billion baht with 800,000 households affected and 400,000 rai of farmland damaged, PPTVHD36 said today (Nov. 26). The widespread inundation, in Songkhla as well as several other southern provinces including Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Surat […]
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