The public relations unit of the Flood Relief Operations Center (FROC) announced that the National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) had issued a warning of flash floods and forest run-off during 19-21 October 2011 due to the heavy and constant rain, particularly in Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung and Songkhla. Related officials were aroused [...]
A number of patients have been transferred from Thammasat Hospital to others in safer locations on fears that the hospital will become inundated while Thammasat Universityâs evacuation center is now fully bracing for the deluge. Assoc Prof Dr Kampol Ruchiwit, Vice Rector for Administration, Thammasat University, disclosed that a decision had been made by Thammasat [...]
In a televised solemn flood warning by Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Palibatra last night, Bangkok residents are advised to stay clam and keep monitoring the situation in the next 48 hours, when the next statement is possible if not flash flood. “Be alert, but please donât panic”: he told the audience, at a press conference intially [...]
BANGKOK, 16 October 2011 (NNT)-Floods in the Bang Pa-In district of Ayutthaya causes the collapses of local chicken farms and death of 1 million livestock. The unbearable vile stench provokes local authorities to transport the dead chickens out and prepares for chemical deodorant. According to Ayutthaya Governor Mr. Wittaya Piewpong, local farms had reported the [...]
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Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has reduced the amount of water released from dams, thewater flow into the dam is reduced. In conjunction with the Royal Irrigation Department, Assistant Governor of EGATâs Hydro Power Plant Kitti Tancharoen disclosed that EGAT had decided to discharge less water from Bhumibol Dam in Tak province and Sirikit Dam in Uttaradit province. The resolution was prompted by the shrinking [...]
The Meteorological Department has warned 24 provinces in the northeastern, eastern and southern regions to brace for tropical storm Haitang during September 27-28. The storm, which has weakened into a depression while reaching Vietnam, is now 300 kilometers away from eastern Mukdahan province. Haitang is forecast to reach the northeast today. The storm is predicted [...]
The Department for Development of Thai Traditional Medicine and Alternative Medicine has distributed herbal medication kits to residents in disaster areas in a bid to relieve flood-borne diseases. The medication kits for flood victims comprise herbal medicines which are used for curing common illnesses, such as sore throats, fever, diarrhea and joint pain. The first [...]
The water levels in the Chao Phraya River have reached 5-7 centimeters higher last night while it continues to rain, prompting fears among residents that the situation could be worse than last year. Rain had been pouring continuously last night in Angthong and Ayutthaya provinces before it became intermittent throughout the night. The water levels [...]
he Bus Operators Association of Thailand has refused to lower bus fares following the Governmentâs recent reduction of oil prices, claiming that diesel is still considered expensive. President of the Bus Operators Association of Thailand Suchinda Cherdchai was adamant that bus fares must remain the same for the time being even though the prices of [...]
