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Floods 'a recurring nightmare'
Oped, Published on 16/09/2025
» Thailand has faced floods for more than a century. Some years are worse than others, but the pattern is consistent. The catastrophic 2011 floods remain the most painful reminder: according to the World Bank, they caused US$46.5 billion (1.5 trillion baht) in economic losses, displaced 13 million people, and claimed approximately 800 lives. Much of the country's industrial heartland was submerged for months, severely impacting global supply chains.
Against the tide: Filipinos battle rising sea on sinking island
AFP, Published on 11/09/2025
» BULACAN, Philippines - On the Philippine island of Pugad, street food vendor Maria Tamayo wakes before her grandchildren to begin the backbreaking work of removing seawater from her home scoop by scoop with a plastic dustpan.
Expressway collapse leads to Bangkok-South traffic woes
Online Reporters, Published on 16/03/2025
» Transport authorities are recommending detours to motorists as the collapse of a new expressway on Saturday seriously damaged an existing Bangkok-Thon Buri expressway ramp which connects to Rama II Road, a main southbound highway, and its complete reopening will take about a month.
Bridging Thailand's climate adaptation finance gap
Oped, Sarinee Achavanuntakul, Published on 25/12/2024
» By many accounts, Thailand consistently ranks among the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. The oft-cited Global Climate Risk Index by GermanWatch ranked Thailand's long-term climate risk in 2021 as 9th in the world.
Prolonged floods in Chiang Mai raise subsidence risk
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 15/11/2024
» Experts are warning of possible landslides and subsidence in parts of Chiang Dao district in Chiang Mai, as the ground in the area is saturated with water after two months of floods.
Houses damaged by fresh landslide in Phuket
Online Reporters, Published on 28/08/2024
» Ongoing heavy rain in Phuket on Wednesday morning caused another landslide that damaged nine houses, but no injuries were reported.
Supporting Thailand's transition to a low-carbon society
Business, Published on 02/07/2024
» Record-breaking heatwaves in the summer and flash floods during monsoon season are expected to become the "new normal" as Thailand adjusts to extreme weather.
Indonesia revives $10.5bn Jakarta sea wall plan
Published on 10/01/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesia is reviving plans to construct a giant sea wall in the latest of a series of measures to prevent its capital city Jakarta from sinking at a faster rate.
'Like hell': India's burning coalfields
AFP, Published on 14/07/2023
» DHANBAD (INDIA) - Deadly fires have raged for a century in mines in India's Jharkhand state, where Savitri Mahto is one of 100,000 people risking their lives shovelling coal to supply insatiable demand.
Bangkok is still sinking, and fast!
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 06/02/2023
» Getting Bangkok ready for the consequences of climate change is crucial for saving this megacity from being submerged under rising sea levels, climate experts say.