12 minor earthquakes shake Surat Thani
AS MANY AS 12 minor earthquakes struck Surat Thani since last evening (Mar. 8) with the strongest being 3.5 on the Richter scale, Amarin TV said today. The Geological Disaster Operations Centre said a succession of 12 earthquakes hit this southern province’s Ban Ta Khun district and while tremors were felt no damage occurred. […]
Read More11 minor quakes at Surat Thani due to fault group moving
THE 11 minor earthquakes that struck Surat Thani province since yesterday with the strongest being 3.2 magnitude on the Richter scale at a depth of two kilometres hitting at 2.07 a.m. today (Feb. 12) occurred due to movement in the Khlong Marui Fault Zone (KMFZ), PPTVHD36 said. The Department of Mineral Resources said these […]
Read MoreForeign tourists survive boat capsize, guide drowns
A LONG-TAIL boat capsized as it was sailing in the middle of Ratchaprapa Dam in Surat Thani today (July 20) but while all 16 foreign tourists and the captain are safe the female tour guide drowned, Amarin TV said. Provincial Tourist Police webpage said the boat capsized at around 11 a.m. due to strong […]
Read MoreParts of Surat Thani now a disaster zone as 3 die in floods
NINE districts of heavily flooded Surat Thani province have been declared a disaster zone with Koh Samui and Koh Phangan being among them as three people died amid ongoing torrential rain, TV Channel 7 said today (Dec. 16). Acting Governor Mr. Thiratum Suphawibulphon called an urgent meeting of agencies battling the floods as torrential […]
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 MoreSearch for elderly Frenchman after tourist boat capsizes
DIVERS are searching for an 83-year-old French man after the tourist boat he was sailing in capsized at Ratchaprapa Dam or Cheow Lan Dam in Surat Thani province amid a thunderstorm and strong waves, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Nov. 23). Rescuers had earlier managed to safely pull out 11 people from the […]
Read More70 tourists rescued after night boat founders off Koh Tao
A NIGHT BOAT travelling from Surat Thani to Koh Tao started taking on water after a pump broke down at dawn today (Dec. 22) with 70 tourists, both foreigners and Thais, safely rescued before it later sank, Matichon newspaper said. At 6 a.m. Capt. Natthaphon Sinpoonphon, deputy chief of Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre […]
Read MoreTourists invited to visit tiny Koh Rat island
THE Department of Rural Roads this morning (June 12) invited tourists to visit the tiny Koh Rat island that is now linked to mainland Surat Thani by the 500-metre-long Chalerm Siriraj Bridge – a project initiated by His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great and built by the department, TV Channel 7 […]
Read MoreForeigners rounded up in Surat Thani crackdown
AN ONGOING crackdown by Immigration Police in Surat Thani province has so far netted six foreigners for overstaying their visa and two others for illegal entry, Naewna newspaper said this evening (June 11). In the province-wide sweep taking place during June 7-21 another two persons were also arrested for not giving notification of the […]
Read MoreTwo dead at Surat Thani wedding shootout
TWO men attending a wedding at a Surat Thani hotel came out to the parking lot and after a fierce argument pulled out their pistols and shot each other dead with two women in the vicinity also getting injured, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Apr. 29). At 8.25 p.m. Mueang Surat Thani police station […]
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