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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.
Flooding disaster death toll rises to 12
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/12/2023
» The death toll from the floods in three deep South provinces has risen to at least 12.
Storm Sonca hits Thailand Saturday
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/10/2022
» The Meteorological Department (TMD) has warned people in the Northeast, the East and the Central regions of heavy rain as Tropical Storm Sonca hits Thailand on Saturday.
4,000 are evacuated as storm Noru hits
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/09/2022
» Over 4,000 people in Ubon Ratchathani have been evacuated with flooding set to intensify and tropical storm Noru expected to bring more heavy rain after entering northeastern Thailand on Wednesday night.
Calls mount for city flood retention areas
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/09/2022
» Located in a low-lying area on the Chao Phraya River basin, Bangkok covers an area of 1,569km² but it has little space for green areas that can be converted into flood retention areas.
Water chief predicts big things for new master plan
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/04/2022
» The Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) claims its water management master plan could limit costs arising from both floods and drought while increasing water storage to benefit farmers and industrial zones.
Passion for solving water problems pays off
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/12/2020
» Water has caused many problems for Thailand. The country is routinely hit by droughts alternating with floods. Yet in terms of water management, Thailand has been blessed with one thing: the country had King Rama IX who spent decades trying to solve water problems and helped lay the foundations of sustainable water management in Thailand.
B417bn bill for water management
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/03/2019
» State water management agencies will ask the next government for 417 billion baht to improve water management in the Chao Phraya River basin.
King Rama IX's water legacy lives on
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/10/2018
» Many royal initiative projects created by King Bhumibol Adulyadej involved water management, especially in remote areas where farmers lived in poverty due to shortages of water for agriculture.
Locals used to floods, but need more help
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/10/2017
» Local people living along the Chao Phraya River in Pathum Thani province might be used to the annual flooding, but lack of state assistance in improving infrastructure is making it increasingly hard for them to earn a living.