Parts of Ayutthaya heavily flooded
SIX districts of Ayutthaya are now badly flooded after Chao Phraya Dam’s water discharge rate rose to 2,000 cubic metres per second for the fourth consecutive day causing the water level in both Chao Phraya and Noi rivers to rise continuously, Amarin TV said. The provincial Disaster Relief Office said 88 subdistricts, 535 villages […]
Read MoreLom Sak city paralysed by flooding, disaster likely to worsen
TORRENTIAL rain led to swollen Pa Sak river overflowing its banks and severely flooding Lom Sak city in Phetchabun, with the disaster likely to worsen, TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV said today (Sep. 1). Aside from nine subdistricts of Lom Sak being being flooded, Nam Nao and Lom Kao districts are also inundated. […]
Read MoreTropical storm Kajiki kills five, leaves seven missing in northern Thailand
By Reuters – published by CNA and Amarin TV AT LEAST five people have been killed and seven remain missing after heavy rains and landslides brought on by tropical storm Kajiki swept across northern Thailand, the Thai disaster agency said on Thursday (Aug. 28). Kajiki made landfall as a typhoon in Vietnam earlier this week, […]
Read MorePhayao flooded as tropical storm Wipha reaches the North
By Amarin TV and Thai Newsroom TROPICAL storm Wipha which is moving along a monsoon trough covering upper Laos and upper North unleashed torrential rain and floods in Phayao province with Chiang Kham Hospital having to change the traffic route last night, Amarin TV said this morning (July 23). Several districts of this northern […]
Read MoreRayong district badly flooded after hours of morning rain
RAYONG’S Ban Khai district got heavily flooded in many areas today (May 27) after torrential rain lasting over four hours from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. lashed this area and while the rain has begun to ease and stop, the floodwater level remains high, Naewna newspaper said. Flooding has spread to many important areas […]
Read MoreKoh Phangan flooded after heavy all-night rain
TORRENTIAL rain from last night till this morning (Dec. 28) on Koh Phangan island led to several residential areas and roads being flooded with the surge of floodwaters even sweeping a pickup truck into the sea, Amarin TV said this evening. Mr. Noppadol Khaomali, Koh Phangan district chief, said the heavy all-night downpour caused […]
Read MoreRelentless rain pounds parts of the South, Asian Highway closed at Chumphon
CONTINUOUS torrential rain lashing in many parts of the South since yesterday (Dec. 13) , especially in Chumphon and Surat Thani, disrupted travel as many roads are floods particularly the southbound route via Chumphon which is now closed, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon. All eight districts of Chumphon are flooded with both farmlands and […]
Read MoreSatellite images show over 300,000 rai flooded in the South
IMAGES from RADARSAT-2 satellite obtained by Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda) show that a total of 313,621 rai of land, mostly agricultural areas, residential communities and some transportation routes, have been flooded in the South, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Dec. 3). Altogether 49,206 housholds have been inundated while the weather […]
Read MoreFlood crisis continues in Pattani with food shortage in many areas
FAR SOUTH Pattani province continued to suffer from severe flooding today (Dec. 1) with floodwater still rising and residents having to wade through it to ask for food handouts, Naewna newspaper said this evening. While Nong Chik-Pattani road is partially passable today and residents were able to come out to ask for food, in […]
Read MorePhumtham slams netizens alleging govt took better care of floods in the North
DEPUTY Prime Minister/Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai angrily denied that the government took better care of floods in the North that the current one raging in the far South with relief supplies not delayed as alleged by some netizens online, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Nov. 30). Phumtham said he had sent Deputy Defence Minister Gen. […]
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