Tag: Disaster
Thailand’s disaster warning system “inefficient”: PM Yingluck
BANGKOK, Dec 26 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday commented that the natural disaster warning system is “inefficient” as the eastern shoreline was [Read More…]
Lampang declares 13 districts disaster zones due to cold snap, Trang faces heavy rain, flashfloods
LAMPANG, Dec 17 – The northern province of Lampang on Saturday announced 13 districts as disaster zones due to a sudden cold snap, with temperatures [Read More…]
Two found dead in Thailand as cold spell moves in
A cold spell is believed to have caused the death of a widow in Chon Buri and a man in Trat yesterday, while Chiang Mai [Read More…]
Forest run-off cuts off two bridges in Surat Thani
SURAT THANI, Nov 26 – Two more districts of the southern province of Surat Thani were announced as flood disaster areas, meaning there were now [Read More…]
Ruling Pheu Thai MPs propose relocation of Bangkok
BANGKOK, Nov 16 – Twenty Pheu Thai MPs signed their names to an urgent motion to ask Parliament to set up an extraordinary committee to [Read More…]
Former Thai PM Abhisit backs group set to sue the Government
Thailand’s opposition leader yesterday warned the government against having its supporters take a stand against the group planning to sue ruling politicians for their alleged [Read More…]
Thais face drowning, disease in disastrous floods
Thais enduring the nation’s worst floods in decades have faced marauding crocodiles and threat of snake bites and electrocution, but health experts say the top [Read More…]
Thai Government issues disaster crisis warning
BANGKOK, 21 October 2011 (NNT) – The Government of Thailand has issued a warning of disaster crisis, in accordance with the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation [Read More…]