Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
People living in three districts of Chainat province have been advised to move their valuables to higher ground quickly and to be aware of the risk from electric shocks, as the water level in the Chao Phraya River, upstream of the Chao Phraya Dam, has been rising steadily.
Three boys, who had been swept away by floodwaters and became stranded in a tree in the middle of a rice field, were rescued today in Phetchabun’s Lom Sak district. The boys, visibly shocked and frightened, have now been reunited with their parents.
For lovers of wildlife, few experiences can match the thrill of watching hornbills in their natural habitat. Just 180 kilometers west of Bangkok, in Ratchaburi’s Ban Kha District, Chaloem Phra Kiat Thai Prachan National Park is home to hornbills.
The opposition People party repeated its call today for the caretaker prime minister, Phumtham Wechayachai, to proceed with seeking dissolution of the House without waiting for the party’s support for its prime ministerial candidate, Chaikasem Nitisiri.
Lom Sak district of Phetchabun is facing the worst flooding in 14 years, due to heavy rain compounded by the Pasak River being swollen by northern runoffs, causing it to overflow.
Ban Nong Chan, a quiet Thai village neighboring Cambodia, once again finds itself pitchforked into a historic border disagreement, as citizens on both sides, divided by a disputed barbed-wire fence, ramp up the conflict.
Three people died and six went missing when a mud slide and flash flood hit Ban Pang Oong in Mae Chaem district of Chiang Mai Tuesday night.
Two people were killed, 10 injured and one went missing when a mudslide struck a village in Mae Chaem district of Chiang Mai on Tuesday night, following several hours of heavy rain caused by the Kajiki storm, which has already weakened to low pressure cell. Five houses were also damaged.
As the morning sun filters through the forest in a quiet corner of Phitsanulok province, four female elephants, each accompanied by her caregiver, walk slowly toward their feeding stations.
The Interior Ministry’s Provincial Administration Department has denied widespread online claims that the controversial former abbot of a Lop Buri temple used the same ID number as a deceased person.
Kajiki, the 13th tropical cyclone in the northwestern Pacific Ocean this year, is forecast to weaken into a depression when it hits the northern province of Nan on Tuesday and could dump 200mm of rain on the province, according to the Meteorological Department.
The Department of Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation issued a warning today of possible flooding, river overflows and mud slides in 45 provinces across the country, from this Sunday until next Thursday, due to anticipated heavy rainfall.
