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Floods kill 43 in Indonesia's West Sumatra, 15 missing
Published on 13/05/2024
» TANAH DATAR: Flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province killed at least 43 people over the weekend while a search for 15 missing people continued, authorities said on Monday.
Flash flood alert for 26 provinces
News, Published on 18/05/2024
» Residents in twenty-six provinces have been warned of possible flash floods from Saturday until May 25 while the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) continues clearing the city's drainage system and installing water pumps citywide.
Climate change poses health threat
Oped, Published on 17/05/2024
» It is widely believed that climate change is the single biggest threat to human health. A global temperature increase of 2C -- a threshold that will likely be exceeded by the end of the century -- could claim as many as one billion lives, with extreme weather events, heatwaves, droughts, flooding, infectious disease outbreaks, and food shortages among the causes of death. But the situation may, in fact, be far worse because the current forecasts fail to account for the inevitable increase in antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Thai rice prices at 3-month peak
Published on 16/05/2024
» Export prices for Thai rice rose to a more than three-month peak this week, bolstered by thin supplies and strong demand, while rates for top exporter India remained steady due to lacklustre demand.
Indonesia floods, landslides kill 28, 4 missing
Published on 12/05/2024
» JAKARTA: Heavy rain brought floods and landslides to Indonesia's province of West Sumatra, killing at least 28, with four still missing, authorities said on Sunday.
Death toll from floods in northern Afghanistan rises to 315
Published on 12/05/2024
» KABUL: The Taliban-run ministry for refugees said on Sunday the death toll from flooding in northern Afghanistan was 315 with more than 1,600 people injured.
Embankment collapses in Nonthaburi, prompting warning
Online Reporters, Published on 12/05/2024
» NONTHABURI: People have been warned not to approach a collapsed section of an embankment along the Chao Phraya River near the Bang Kruai canal in Bang Kruai district.
Touring PM urges solution to floods
News, Published on 12/05/2024
» Kanchanaburi: Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Saturday ordered local authorities to speed up efforts to prevent flooding in this province on the second day of his four-province tour.
62 dead in flooding in northern Afghanistan
Published on 11/05/2024
» KABUL - The death toll from the devastating flash floods that swept through northern Afghanistan on Friday has climbed to 62 people, with the majority being women and children, an official said.
Cambodian canal tests Mekong unity
Oped, Published on 10/05/2024
» Cambodia has every right to develop infrastructure to promote economic development in its part of the Mekong Basin, but the way Cambodia's government is conducting diplomacy around the 180-km Funan Techo Canal threatens to undo three decades of Mekong collaboration.