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Scorching heat sparks wave of forest and house fires
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 17/04/2026
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - As extremely hot daytime weather exceeding 40°C has been rising steadily for several consecutive days, Nakhon Ratchasima has been met with multiple incidents of forest fires and residential fires across various areas.
Korat zoo warms animals with straw and hot baths for pythons
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 25/11/2025
» NAKHON RATCHISIMA - Korat Zoo is making a special effort to keep its animals warm this cold season, including laying straw in enclosures and giving Thai pythons warm baths.
Thap Lan park closed until April because of forest fires
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 03/02/2025
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Thap Lan National Park has been closed to the public for three months, starting immediately.
Prisoner hunted after fleeing outside work gang
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 28/01/2025
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Police, wardens and volunteers believed they were closing in on a prisoner on the run after fleeing from a work gang outside the prison only three months before his release.
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 villages hit by storm
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 25/06/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A rainstorm damaged 48 houses and many crop fields in three villages of this northeastern province on Friday evening.
Dams let water out before storm arrives
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 27/10/2021
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: More water is being released from four major dams in this northeastern province ahead of a forecast storm, with the reservoirs already full.
Dams discharging water ahead of storm
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 26/10/2021
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: More water is being released from four major dams in Nakhon Ratchasima province ahead of a forecast storm, with the reservoirs already full.
Dam reservoirs filling up in Korat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 06/09/2021
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The three major dams in this northeastern province are expected to be full to capacity by November, with heavy rain forecast from late September into October, National Water Resources secretary-general Somkiat Prajamwong said on Monday.
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.