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Phuket flags water alert, pins hopes on rainy season
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 24/03/2026
» PHUKET - A water shortage looms over this tourist island if the wet season is late and there is no substantial rainfall within about three months.
Waterspout off Patong beach prompts warnings
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 13/08/2025
» PHUKET — A waterspout appeared off Patong beach in Kathu district on Wednesday morning prompted warnings of the need to stay alert during the rainy season.
Bomb squads destroy more devices in Phuket and Krabi
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 26/06/2025
» PHUKET/KRABI: Police bomb squads destroyed suspected explosive devices in two southern tourist provinces on Thursday following the arrest of two suspects linked to a suspicious object found at the Phuket airport on Wednesday.
Phuket not affected by earthquake: governor
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 30/03/2025
» Phuket has not been effected by Friday's powerful earthquake that rattled Myanmar and Thailand, says the island's provincial governor.
Kazakh teen feared drowned in Phuket
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 02/09/2023
» PHUKET: A search was continuing on Saturday for a teenager from Kazakhstan who went missing and was feared to have drowned at Nai Yang beach in Thalang district on Friday night.
Race is on to clean up large oil spill
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 09/08/2023
» Phuket: At least three tonnes of oil from a slick suspected to have come from a ship, have been removed from Sirinan National Park and Koh Racha Yai after being washed ashore.
Spooked by drownings, Phuket steps up safety curbs
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 05/08/2023
» PHUKET: Local officials remain on high alert after five people, including four foreign tourists, drowned near beaches on this resort island over the past week.
Russian woman still missing in Phuket
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 22/10/2022
» PHUKET: A search is continuing for a 53-year-old Russian woman who went missing from her accommodation in Thalang district on Thursday, officials said on Saturday evening.
Rumour of new monkeypox case 'unfounded'
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 27/07/2022
» PHUKET: A rumour that another case of monkeypox had been detected in Phuket was totally groundless, provincial health office chief Kusak Kukiatkoon said on Wednesday.
Ukrainian-Thai boy, 8, wounded in suspected shark attack
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 02/05/2022
» PHUKET: An eight-year-old boy of mixed Thai and Ukrainian heritage was attacked by a big fish, possibly a shark, while playing in the sea off Kamala beach in Kathu district on Sunday, a rescue unit of the Kamala tambon administration organisation (TAO) reported.