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Agency seeks international help on floods
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/08/2023
» The Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) has sent an emergency notice to the Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRCS), requesting neighbouring countries in the Lower Mekong River Basin and China to carefully manage water level discharges to prevent floods.
Prayut issues alert for rain, flash floods
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/08/2023
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered authorities to prepare measures to handle the heavy rain and flash floods that are forecast across the country from Aug 10-15.
Heavy rains batter North, West with roads hit by landslides
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/08/2023
» Heavy downpours have brought on landslides and flash floods, damaging roads in Nan and Mae Hong Son in the North and Tak and Kanchanaburi in the West.
Northeast braces for Noru
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/09/2022
» Authorities are on high alert for rapidly intensifying Typhoon Noru which is expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm before reaching Thailand's Northeast on Thursday and exacerbate woes in already flooded areas that lie in its path.
Monsoon causes heavy floods in Tak
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/07/2021
» Monsoon storms have caused flash flooding and forest runoff in parts of Tak in the country's north, cutting off land routes to many villages, said the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) yesterday.
Flooding in Sukhothai as dyke bursts
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/08/2020
» Communities along the Yom River in Sukhothai were flooded with up to two metres of water on Monday after a dyke was damaged by strong currents following heavy rain upstream.
Boats sent into Golden Triangle drugs battle
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/03/2020
» Thailand and Singapore have delivered three patrol boats to Laos and Myanmar to boost regional drug suppression cooperation on the Mekong River.
PM targets student, tech swap
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/11/2019
» BUSAN: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha wants to boost education and cultural exchanges between Thailand and South Korea by increasing the number of participants in exchange programmes between the two countries.
Rains to lash Northeast as floods persist
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/09/2019
» Four Northeastern provinces -- still reeling from flooding -- along with Bangkok are forecast to be hit by heavy rains leading to a drop in temperatures by 3C to 5C in upper Thailand from Sunday until Thursday.
Laos asked to give data to prevent Isan floods
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/06/2019
» Thai authority has asked Laotian Government to provide data and information about water resources and management plans involving the Mekong River directly to Thai authorities to assess the water situation and take action to prevent floods in eight northeastern provinces.