Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
The deputy spokesperson for the Royal Thai Police has warned citizens not to decorate their vehicles with reindeer antlers or festive Christmas lights, as it violates the law and the drivers could be fined up to 2,000 Baht on conviction.
A 12-year-old girl sustained broken ribs and spinal injuries after she fell from a Ferris wheel at a winter fair in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima province on Saturday night.
Following continuous heavy rain, water runoffs have been cascading down from the Khao Luang mountain range into Khiriwong and Mueang districts of Nakhon Si Thammarat since last night, inundating the two districts.
People in the three southern provinces of Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Songkhla are being advised to brace for more heavy rain and a possible a new round of flooding from tomorrow until Wednesday, due to a new cold front from China.
Phu Kradueng National Park in Loei province is expected to reopen by Christmas Day, after being closed following a fatal elephant attack on a tourist last week.
Asian Highway 41 in Chumphon province is open to traffic again this morning, but drivers of small cars are advised to proceed slowly, as some sections of the road are still partially flooded, according to the Highways Department.
Travel by road between Bangkok and Thailand’s southernmost provinces is being hampered by heavy flooding in Chumphon province, where Asian highway 41, the main artery to and from the south, has become impassable to all but large trucks.
Visits to Phu Kradueng National Park by the public have been suspended after the wild elephant that attacked and killed a tourist was found still wandering in the area.
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has repeated his appeal for motorists to use public transport instead, to reduce PM2.5 airborne pollution, the level of which exceeds the safe threshold in many parts of the capital again today.
Temperatures in the northeast are forecast to drop by 4-6oC and by 2-5oC s in the northern, eastern and central regions, including Bangkok and its peripherals, from today until next Tuesday, due to the presence of a strong high pressure system from China, according to the Meteorological Department.
“Look Thoong” singer Chayada Praohom was diagnosed as suffering from transverse myelitis and died of blood infection while she was an in-patient at the Udon Thai provincial hospital.
Five people died from suspected from suffocation after they entered a fish fermentation well at a factory in Lom Sak district of Phetchabun province on Monday.
