Heavy fighting raging across all fronts at the border
FIERCE fighting is continuing across all fronts along the Thai-Cambodian border this morning (Dec. 12) with Thai troops firing artillery and mortars at Khmer positions, according to two posts on Army Military Force Facebook page. The sounds of explosions can be heard kilometres away while some Cambodian soldiers who were badly injured were wrapped […]
Read MorePhayao heavily flooded as weakened typhoon moves in
WITH TYPHOON Bualoi having weakened to an active low-pressure cell as it moved into Thailand today (Sep 30), Phayao was immediately affected with continuous torrential rain since 3 a.m. exceeding 200 millimetres, Naewna newspaper said. The provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office has issued the highest warning level after Pha Tang and Ban Wang […]
Read MoreMore Myanmar troops fleeing rebel attacks enter India
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News AT LEAST 29 more Myanmar soldiers entered India on Thursday (Nov. 16) fleeing an attack by insurgents on their military base close to the Indian border, an Indian police official said, as rebels step up their assaults against the ruling junta . Earlier this week, 43 Myanmar soldiers […]
Read MoreWatch out for heavy to very heavy rain during Sep. 26-28
A NOTED ACADEMIC issued a warning for the public to watch out for heavy to very heavy rain during three dangerous days – Tuesday to Thursday Sep. 26-28 – due to the influence of a depression, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Sep. 24). Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seri Suparathit, vice chairman of Foundation of Natural […]
Read MoreMore heavy rain to hit Bangkok this evening, Bang Khen in danger again
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt warned that the capital faces two more rounds of torrential rainfall tonight and tomorrow night (Sept. 7-8) after being lashed by heavy downpour from 3.30 p.m till 4.30 a.m this morning, Naewna newspaper said. The Meteorological Department forecast more rainfall in Bangkok at 3 p.m. followed by a slowdown but […]
Read MoreVarsity suspends lectures for a day after torrential rain
RAMKHAMHAENG University issued an announcement on its Facebook page today (July 21) cancelling lectures at both its campuses for a day after continuous all-night rain led to flooding inside and outside the compound, Naewna newspaper said. Students were told both the campus at Ramkhamhaeng road and the one in Bangna had been affected. Khlong […]
Read MoreFlood misery in Samut Prakarn with traffic paralysed
HOURS of heavy rain this morning led to a key road in a large housing estate being inundated by a metre-high floodwater with many other roads also flooded and traffic paralysed as solid jams stretched for kilometres, PostToday reported this afternoon (June 2, 2020). Several small cars and motorcycles had broken down and were parked […]
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