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Frustration in Indonesia as flood survivors await aid
AFP, Published on 03/12/2025
» TUKKA — Officials in Indonesia and Sri Lanka battled Wednesday to reach survivors of deadly flooding in remote, cut-off regions as the toll in the disaster that hit four countries topped 1,300.
Disaster struck as preparation fell short
News, Published on 03/12/2025
» To understand the devastation in Hat Yai, we need to refrain from finding excuses and culprits and start looking at the factors that led to this catastrophe.
Indonesians blame deforestation for flood devastation
Published on 02/12/2025
» South Tapanuli, Indonesia - Reliwati Siregar gestured angrily at deforestation around her home on the island of Sumatra, where landslides and floods brought by a tropical storm killed more than 700 people in its deadliest disaster since a cataclysmic tsunami in 2004.
Race to get aid to Asia flood survivors as toll nears 1,200
AFP, Published on 02/12/2025
» BANDA ACEH — Governments and aid groups in Indonesia and Sri Lanka worked to rush aid Tuesday to hundreds of thousands stranded by deadly flooding that has killed around 1,200 people in four countries.
Thick smog reaches red levels in Bangkok and many provinces
Online Reporters, Published on 02/12/2025
» Thick smog reached seriously harmful (red) levels in Bangkok and 12 provinces in the Central Plains and the East on Tuesday morning when most parts of Thailand were shrouded with unsafe levels of air pollution.
City masks up as haze returns
News, Published on 02/12/2025
» Bangkok residents received a PM2.5 warning in the "orange" category yesterday, with the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) announcing warmer weather and reduced rainfall in some regions this week.
Thailand's quiet wealth: Resilience in a volatile world
Business, Published on 01/12/2025
» Imagine living in a neighbourhood where the weather changes without warning. One day the heat rises, the next day the wind shifts, and sometimes the rain falls even when the sky looks clear. That’s what the global economy feels like today rising debt, unpredictable capital movements and mounting currency pressures. But in the middle of this shifting climate, Thailand sits on one of the most stable patches of ground in the region.
Cold weather, rain to ease off this week
Online Reporters, Published on 01/12/2025
» The cold weather and the heavy rain, depending what region you are in, will ease off throughout this week, according to the weather office.
Militaries come to aid of Asia flood victims as toll nears 1,000
AFP, Published on 01/12/2025
» PADANG, Indonesia- Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel on Monday to help victims of devastating flooding that has killed nearly 1,000 people across four countries in Asia in recent days.
Hat Yai flood a saga of merry fools
Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/12/2025
» Most people are aware of the complete failure of the Anutin administration's failure to handle the flood disaster in Hat Yai.