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Mud removers warned over price-gouging in flood-hit Thai provinces
Online Reporters, Published on 29/09/2024
» Commerce Minister Pichai Naripthaphan has instructed officials at Thailand's Department of Internal Trade (DIT) to take legal action against backhoe operators in flood-hit provinces for increasing mud removal fees.
Volunteer truck driver for flood victims charged for overweight
News, Online Reporters, Published on 26/09/2024
» A backhoe truck driver who volunteered to help removing thick layers of mud from flooded areas in northern Thailand faced a record charge of 320,000 baht for operating an overweight vehicle in Phayao province on Wednesday night.
Restoration begins in flood-ravaged Chiang Rai
News, Online Reporters, Published on 17/09/2024
» Workers have begun the massive task of cleaning, repairing and restoring flood devastated areas in Chiang Rai after the water receded, leaving behind metres-thick mud and mounds of debris.
silt
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 25/04/2013
» sand, mud, etc. that is carried by flowing water and is left at the mouth of a river or in a harbour ตะกอน, โคลน, ขี้เลน
Waste not
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/01/2013
» Near the Cambodian border in Aranyaprathet, poor workers sort through massive amounts of rubbish and discarded items in a huge landfill authorities consider an environmental headache.
Sandy: Truly a superstorm
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 31/10/2012
» The entire country of Thailand would have easily fit into Sandy, a genuine superstorm. A massive cleanup and repair operation has now begun in the wake of the storm which left at least 42 dead.
Sukhothai hit by 2nd flood
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/09/2012
» A second flood hit Sukhothai municipality yesterday as floodwaters threaten additional areas downstream. Yom river levels are down this morning, however, and Sukhothai commercial area is largely open for business.
Bringing motor racing to the farm
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/05/2012
» Power tiller races excite imagination of young people who moved off to big city who might buy one for parents back home, also neighboring country future markets.
Troops readied for southern flood relief
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/01/2012
» The flood situation in the South improved somewhat yesterday, but troops around the country have been told to be ready to help if it worsens.
Blue boat blues
Published on 18/11/2011
» A long-time Thailand resident tells her story of trying to hold out against the floods in the Lat Prao area. In the end, the floods won. (The audio is is done by the writer. It's British English, a nice change from my American accent.)