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PM wants flood listed on national agenda
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 21/06/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered all agencies to work together to prevent floods during this year's rainy season as he mulls including flood mitigation as a national agenda item.
BMA, businesses join hands in dengue war
News, Published on 17/06/2024
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the Department of Disease Control are teaming up with businesses to raise public awareness of dengue fever, which is growing more prevalent as climate change increases the range of mosquitos that carry the disease.
Dept braces for more rain as La Niña looms
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/05/2024
» The Royal Irrigation Department is considering a number of measures to prepare for floods during the rainy season, as the weather conditions look set to become much wetter when the La Niña phenomenon begins in a few months.
Agencies told to boost preparedness for floods
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/04/2024
» Water management agencies have been told to regularly report their progress in implementing 10 key measures to cope with this year's rainy season, which forecasters have said would be an unusually wet one.
Mercury could hit 50C by 2084
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 04/04/2024
» Thailand could see temperatures hit 50C in the next 60 years, with the number of days where the mercury climbs above 40C rising from nine to 75 each year, a leading climate scholar said on Wednesday.
Coral at immediate risk from rising sea temperature, expert warns
Post Reporters, Published on 02/04/2024
» A marine resources expert has warned of possible massive coral bleaching caused by rising sea temperatures, and its impact on tourism and food supply.
'Global boiling' feared
Published on 17/03/2024
» Thailand is facing the prospect of another scorching summer, with the highest recorded temperature in the last 73 years already reached this year.
Dept warns of record-breaking summer
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/02/2024
» The Meteorological Department says this summer, which officially began on Wednesday, will see temperatures rise to a blistering 45C on some days, with daytime averages hovering around 36C.
Summer officially starts, and it'll be hot and dry
Published on 22/02/2024
» The Meteorological Department has announced the start of summer, with temperatures expected to peak at a blistering 45°C over the next few months in some areas.
Water expert champions forest plantation idea
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/02/2024
» A water expert is confident Thailand can fend off the severe consequences of climate change by planting more forests on vacant lands.