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Water supplies run low for off-season farmers
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 16/03/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Rice farmers in this northeastern province are grappling with severe water shortages after taking the gamble of cultivating off-season rice during the dry season. Three mid-sized reservoirs currently have low water supplies, causing many rice fields to dry out.
Korat water supplies 'alarmingly low'
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 26/09/2023
» Nakhon Ratchasima: The amount of usable water across 27 medium-sized reservoirs across this northeastern province has dropped to alarmingly low levels despite the rainy season, raising fears of an impending drought, according to a provincial irrigation office official.
Dam release spurs flood warnings
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 26/07/2022
» Riverside residents in 11 provinces are being told to closely monitor water levels and prepare for possible flooding as the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) will discharge more water from Chao Phraya dam in Chai Nat to accommodate runoff from the North.
Dam discharges hit Korat farmers
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 11/11/2020
» Farmers in flood-ravaged Nakhon Ratchasima, or Korat, were subjected to further misery yesterday when swaths of agricultural land became inundated after the banks of two rivers burst following Phimai Dam's release of high volumes of water.
Korat's Lam Phra Phloeng dam poses flood threat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 18/10/2020
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: People in low-lying areas below the Lam Phra Phloeng dam in Pak Thong Chai district have been warned of a second round of flooding as the dam discharges more water into canals.
Water still low in major Korat reservoirs
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 13/06/2020
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Water levels in five major reservoirs in this northeastern province remain at just 28% of their holding capacities, but authorities hope tropical storm Nuri will help ease the problem.
No water for farms from Aug 24 as reservoir dries up
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 17/08/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Irrigation authorities will stop supplying water to farms in irrigated areas from Aug 24 as the Lam Sae reservoir in Khon Buri district is just 21% full and starting to dry up.
Drought wreaks havoc in Korat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 20/07/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Rice crops in paddy fields covering almost 200,000 rai in Phimai district are dying as a historic severe drought takes a toll.
Korat hit by severe drought
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 23/06/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Farmers in Prathai district of this northeastern province are suffering from severe drought as more than 200,000 rai of rice fields have seen no rain for a long period, according to local media reports.
Korat reservoir levels still low after storm
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 21/05/2016
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA — Water levels in five major reservoirs in this northeastern province remain low despite heavy rains from a summer thunderstorm that pounded several areas.