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Nonthaburi preparing for floods as northern runoff heads downstream

  HECTIC preparation for floods is underway in Nonthaburi province after an alert by the Royal Irrigation Department that the Chao Phraya Dam will be releasing more water from Tuesday to Thursday, August 23-25, Sanook.com said this evening (August 22). Mr. Somnuk Thanadechakul, mayor of Nonthaburi city, ordered the stacking of sandbags on Chao Phraya […]

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Friends of actress who fell into the river to be quizzed

  NONTHABURI police have called five friends of actress Pataratida Patcharawirapong, or Tangmo Nida, for questioning today (Feb. 25) after she fell off a speedboat into the Chao Phraya river under Rama 7 bridge last night with rescuers and divers still searching for her, Sanook.com said. Her friends reported at 10.40 p.m. that she had […]

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