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Air force told to combat PM2.5 haze
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 17/01/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) to deploy all available measures to deal with the worsening fine-dust pollution, ACM Phanpakdee Pattanakul, the air force chief, said on Tuesday.
Australia endures ‘uncommon’ spring heat
Published on 16/09/2023
» SYDNEY - Large parts of Australia were in the grip of “uncommon” spring heat on Saturday, weather forecasters said, adding that temperature records could be set on Sunday.
India reports hottest, driest August on record
Published on 01/09/2023
» India has reported its hottest and driest August since national records began more than a century ago, the latest in a string of records broken worldwide as climate change intensifies.
Firefighters hold off bushfire near Australia's Perth
AFP, Published on 04/02/2021
» SYDNEY - A mammoth effort by Australian firefighters saved homes from an out-of-control bushfire near Perth overnight, authorities said Thursday, but warned strong winds and rough terrain posed an ongoing challenge.
71 homes destroyed as Australia bushfire rages near locked-down Perth
AFP, Published on 03/02/2021
» PERTH, Australia: At least 71 homes have been destroyed in a bushfire raging out of control near Australia's fourth-biggest city Perth, authorities said Wednesday, as they told residents to ignore a coronavirus lockdown and leave threatened areas.
71 homes destroyed as Australia bushfire rages near locked-down Perth
AFP, Published on 03/02/2021
» PERTH (AUSTRALIA) - At least 71 homes have been destroyed in a bushfire raging out of control near Australia's fourth-biggest city Perth, authorities said Wednesday, as they told residents to ignore a virus lockdown and evacuate threatened areas.
Storms help Australia contain Unesco heritage island fire
AFP, Published on 14/12/2020
» BRISBANE, Australia: Australian firefighters have managed to control a bushfire that burned more than half of the Unesco world heritage-listed Fraser Island, around two months after a suspected illegal campfire sparked the blaze.
Rediscovering Thailand
Guru, Kankanok Wichiantanon, Published on 24/07/2020
» With international flights still banned and travel bubble arrangements likely to be delayed, many local tour operators have reimagined tour experiences that they provide, with the local traveller in mind. They aim to offer new perspectives of places that locals might already know of. There are also several tour operators who have always been offering exciting travel packages targeted at locals who wish to explore Thailand's great outdoors. Here are a few examples of tour operators who seek to bring locals to places, which might have been marketed mainly to tourists in the past, to see them with new eyes.
What to do about forest fires?
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 18/05/2020
» As northern forest fires rage through the region, a tiny Karen farming community in Mae Moh, Lampang province, has managed to use its local wisdom and traditional knowledge of forest management to keep forest fires at bay for years. Somchat Ruksongplu, village headman of Moo Ban Klang, a scenic mountainous community of 65 families, credits his forefathers for leaving them with knowledge to control fires and manage forests, so they can live in harmony within their natural environment.
Incomplete strategy
News, Postbag, Published on 28/03/2020
» There is an incompatibility between closing bars but not closing public transport, which raises the question of the effectiveness of the current measures that have been taken.