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Bangkok improvises to stay afloat
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 17/10/2017
» Residents of flood-prone areas in Bangkok were forced to resort to makeshift measures to secure their homes and possessions last weekend after the city was slammed by violent rainstorms that left cars submerged while mothers pulled infants along streets in inflatable dinghies and zebras waded knee-deep at Safari World.
Flood warning as Vamco nears
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/09/2015
» Local authorities nationwide were warned Tuesday to prepare for landslides and floods with heavy rain due in coming days as a result of tropical storm Vamco.
A bridge too far angers canal residents
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 27/06/2020
» Activist Srisuwan Janya on Friday led a group of villagers to file a complaint at the Central Administrative Court against the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) for alleged malfeasance over the construction of a bridge across the Lat Phrao Canal.
Locals brace for brutal floods
News, Published on 07/08/2018
» As people in Phetchaburi brace for devastating floods tonight at around 10pm, after a massive volume of water was released from a major dam to the Phetchaburi River, residents were using sandbags and even cement to wall off the front of their homes and businesses Monday so as not to be inundated.
Locals used to floods, but need more help
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/10/2017
» Local people living along the Chao Phraya River in Pathum Thani province might be used to the annual flooding, but lack of state assistance in improving infrastructure is making it increasingly hard for them to earn a living.
Floods in 11 locations in Bangkok
Online Reporters, Published on 03/10/2015
» Heavy rain continued in Bangkok on Saturday morning, causing flooding at 11 locations, while 32 provinces across the country are on full alert for heavy rain, possible flash floods, forest runoff and landslides in risk areas from tomorrow to Tuesday.
Suchatvee linked to City Hall
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/07/2019
» Suchatvee Suwansawat, president of King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), has remained coy over a possible run for Bangkok governor later this year, yet his flood control strategy is the kind of policy upon which campaigns are built.
Bangkok's secret weapon in war against floods
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 21/10/2017
» When the torrential rains of Oct 13 caused heavy flooding in Bangkok, several parts of the city were swamped, including Chulalongkorn University Centenary Park in Sam Yan. However, as the park slowly filled with water, Kotchakorn Voraakhom, the landscape architect who designed the project, remained unconcerned. She even expressed her satisfaction in a Facebook post that the park had finally delivered on one of its purposes -- the detention of flood water.
King Rama IX's water legacy lives on
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/10/2018
» Many royal initiative projects created by King Bhumibol Adulyadej involved water management, especially in remote areas where farmers lived in poverty due to shortages of water for agriculture.
Move Forward's fortunes still up in the air
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/06/2023
» The Election Commission's (EC) endorsement of all 500 MPs-elect has paved the way for parliament to convene and choose a new prime minister.