Tag: floodwaters
Thailand’s cumulative flood-related patient load exceeds 30,000
BANGKOK, Sept 28 - Public Health Minister Witthaya Buranasiri said Friday that over 30,000 persons suffered from flood-related illnesses since floodwaters hit 14...
Phitsanulok’s Bang Rakam still in critical floodstage
PHITSANULOK, Sept 26 -- Five subdistricts in Phitsanulok's Bang Rakam district are still battling Yom River floodwaters two metres above its river bank...
Workers protest at Labour Ministry on lack of post-flood employment
BANGKOK, Feb 2 – Laid off workers whose jobs were casualties of the recent floods carried their protest to the Ministry of Labour...
PM: Government has clear water management plan
BANGKOK, Jan 29 - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday reaffirmed that her government has clear water management plans and is ready...
Let the clean-up begin
Volunteers carry a bucket full of mud during a clean-up drive after floodwaters receded from Bangkok, Saturday, Nov. 19. Hundreds of city workers, police,...
Flood recedes at Bang Phlat district
BANGKOK, Nov 9 -- Floodwaters at Bangkok's Bang Phlat district are receding by 5-10cm, but it is causing difficulties for transportation as boats which...
PM announces 3-phase flood rehabilitation plan to restore confidence
BANGKOK, Nov 8 -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday announced “Strategic Measures for the Country’s Rehabilitation” – a three-phase post-flood action plan to...
PM visits flood-hit Nam Pat district
UTTARADIT, Sept 11 - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday inspected Uttaradit's severely flood-hit Nam Pat district, where flooding claimed several lives and...
Flooding continues in many provinces
MAE HONG SON, Aug 7 – Flooding has persists in many provinces while a search is ongoing to find a missing person in...
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Deluge of fake news about Thai earthquake swamps the internet
PATTAYA, Thailand - As if the truth wasn’t bad enough, many millions of words of fake news are peaking on social media sites and...
Myanmar earthquake twice as powerful as Noto Peninsula’s, expert warns of strong aftershocks
BANGKOK, Thailand – A powerful earthquake struck central Myanmar on March 28 at 12:50 PM local time (3:20 PM Japan time), registering a magnitude...
Prime Minister visits site of collapsed building as labor group pleads for urgent rescue...
BANGKOK, Thailand – Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra visited the site of the collapsed State Audit Office (SAO) building in Chatuchak district for the second...
Hopes Fading, But Rescues Continue – Death toll from Myanmar earthquake surpasses 2,000
BANGKOK, Thailand – Rescue workers have pulled a woman from the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Myanmar, officials said on Sunday (31st), as...
DDPM confirms Myanmar aftershocks do not affect Thailand; government buildings declared safe
BANGKOK, Thailand – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has confirmed that the aftershocks from Myanmar do not affect Thailand, March 31....