Heavy rain has drenched many southern provinces of Thailand, causing flash floods and some damage. Relief teams have been dispatched to help those affected. Prolonged heavy rain across Phatthalung Province triggered flash floods from Bantad mountain range to inundate residential areas in six districts, with the water level as high as one meter in some […]
NARATHIWAT, Nov 22 – Fifty pangolins, also called ‘scaly anteaters’ and a protected wildlife species, bound for China were intercepted by the Thai authorities on Tuesday morning in this southern border province. Four local men were arrested at a road checkpoint in the provincial seat while driving a pick-up truck carrying 50 of the endangered […]
PATTANI, Nov 21 – A roadside bombing on Monday injured eight people, including monks, soldiers and residents in this southern border province. The explosion took place in front of a laundry shop as four monks made their morning alms round in the provincial seat. While the monks approached the shop, an unidentified group of men […]
YALA, Nov 21 – A Thai government defence volunteer was killed Monday in a bombing at a banana plantation in the southern border province of Yala. The blast killed defence volunteer Yakoh Ya-ngo, 55, according to Pol Lt-Col Jeerasak Wikraichareonying of Raman police station, who said that the victim’s body was found in front of […]
The Southern Region Meteorological Centre in Songkhla on Sunday afternoon issued a warning for people in the western part of the South to prepare for heavy rain and flash flooding from tomorrow to Nov 23. The cold wind from China is now prevailing over southern region, causing heavy rain in Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, […]
PATTANI, Nov 18 – A soldier was killed Friday and another was injured in a bombing while patrolling restive Pattani’s Yarang district, according to local police here. The bomb blast killed Sgt Kongsin Chankampa, 43, and hurt Pvt Songkran Promtrai, 21, said Pol Col Tuanday Juthanan, superintendent of Yarang police station. An initial investigation found […]
PATTANI, Nov 17 — Nine concurrent bombings and gun attacks took place Wednesday night mainly at government buildings and post office toilets in five districts of Pattani, Thailand but there was no report of casualties. Pattani provincial police commissioner Pol Maj Gen Pichet Pitisethpan on Thursday led forensic and bomb experts to inspect the attack […]
Thailand’s National Disaster Warning Center on Saturday issued a warning for people living in risk areas of five southern provinces to prepare for heavy rain, flash flooding and landslides today and tomorrow. The provinces are Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung and Songkhla. Read more: Bangkok Post
