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Chiang Mai city flooded as Ping River overflows
Published on 25/09/2024
» CHIANG MAI: The overflowing Ping River rose further on Wednesday night as a fresh surge of runoff from Chiang Dao district worsened conditions in the already heavily flooded downtown of Muang district.
Popular waterfalls closed as rain pounds Chiang Mai
Published on 23/09/2024
» CHIANG MAI: Two popular waterfalls in Mae Rim district have been temporarily closed to visitors after flooding triggered by heavy overnight rain in many districts of this northern province.
Deadly landslides, floods in storm-hit North
Online Reporters, Published on 11/09/2024
» Persistent rain has caused rivers to overflow, flooding and landslides in the upper North, with six people confirmed killed and four injured.
14 million speed pills seized in Chiang Mai
Published on 24/08/2024
» Security officers seized 14 million speed pills and arrested two drug couriers in Chiang Dao district of Chiang Mai late on Friday night.
Hazardous smog blankets 37 provinces
Published on 08/04/2024
» Hazardously thick smog shrouded 37 of the 77 provinces on Monday morning, mostly in the North where Chiang Rai residents suffered under the worst level of PM2.5 dust.
Thaksin makes first trip to Chiang Mai since release
Published on 14/03/2024
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Thursday began a three-day visit to his home province of Chiang Mai, his first trip outside Bangkok since his release on parole last month.
Summer officially starts, and it'll be hot and dry
Published on 22/02/2024
» The Meteorological Department has announced the start of summer, with temperatures expected to peak at a blistering 45°C over the next few months in some areas.
Soldiers seize 530,000 speed pills, some heroin in Chiang Mai
Published on 25/11/2023
» CHIANG MAI - Authorities seized 530,000 methamphetamine pills and some amount of heroin abandoned by two groups of fleeing smugglers following clashes in Mae Ai district of this northern border province on Friday.
Thick smog chokes North, upper Northeast
Published on 07/04/2023
» Levels of particulate matter 2.5 micrometres or less in diameter (PM2.5) have reached the "unhealthy" red zone throughout the North and the upper Northeast, with the highest level exceeding the safe threshold of 50 microgrammes per cubic metre (µg/m³) by over eight times, as people in Chiang Mai have been urged to stay indoors and work from home at this time.
Thousands of fire hotspots in North
Published on 01/03/2023
» CHIANG MAI: A total of 2,201 hotspots were detected across the North on Tuesday, most of them in conservation forests, the Region 3 centre for prevention and mitigation of air pollution reported on Wednesday.