Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
National park officials, boats and FWD trucks are rushing to an elephant conservation centre in Mae Taeng district of Chiang Mai to evacuate about 100 elephants and hundreds of other animals, as floodwater reaches two metres and is still rising.
A local florist in Uthai Thani province posted on his social network yesterday, calling for donations of white flowers to decorate the funerals of the victims, mostly schoolchildren, from the bus inferno.
This year’s “cold” season is forecast to arrive in the third week of this month, with minimum temperatures expected to drop to 6-8oC in the northern and north-eastern regions and a minimum of between 16-18oC in Bangkok, according to the Meteorological Department.
Heavy rainfall throughout Wednesday night caused the Sai River to breach the sandbag floodwall, inundating Ko Sai and Mai Loong Khun communities in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district, which are still reeling from the devastating flooding last month, the public relations office of Chiang Rai reported today.
Families of the victims of the fatal school coach fire have sought consultations with the psychologist team at the Police General Hospital.
Still trying to recover from last month’s devastating flooding, riverside residents in Mae Sai sub-district have been advised to evacuate in anticipation of yet another round of flooding from overflows from the Sai River, due to heavy rainfall.
Many people are wearing black today, including TV show hosts, in mourning for the victims, mostly schoolchildren, who died when their coach caught fire on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road yesterday.
The sea of mud left behind on roads and in houses by the devastating flooding in early September, in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai, is posing a big headache for officials, who are racing against time to rehabilitate this key border town so the people’s lives and businesses can resume.
Several communities in Mueang district of Chiang Mai, especially those located in low-lying areas, are complaining that the flood water, although receding, has become so polluted that it smells bad and is a threat to their health.
One business in Chiang Mai badly affected by the severe flooding is a wedding shop in the Chang Klan area of Muang district.
Economic uncertainty, workplace burn-out and unfair treatment have prompted many workers to challenge themselves in their next roles and navigate a career change, with many of them capitalizing on a truck driving training course initiated by the government in collaboration with a transportation association.
