Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
The Thai private sector is expressing concern that the flooding seen in August, which has already caused damage estimated at about 8 billion baht, may get worse this month and into October, due to tropical storms which could hit Thailand, according to Payong Srivanich, president of the Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking.
Fatalities among those who consumed herbal liqueurs laced with deadly methanol rose to eight yesterday, while six remain in hospital.
Riverside residents and businesses in 11 provinces in the Chao Phraya river basin, including Bangkok, have been advised to brace for rising water levels, after the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) increased the volume of water being discharged through the Chao Phraya Dam in Chainat province to about 1,500m3/s today.
The owner of three American Bully dogs, which mauled his 18-year-old brother to death in Lop Buri’s Muang district, will give them away to anyone interested.
The resort city of Pattaya has been heavily flooded since late last night, following three hours of torrential rainfall.
The Big Buddha Temple, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Phuket's Karon district, has been ordered to suspend all activities, pending the outcome of an investigation into whether it has encroached upon national forest reserves.
The Phuket provincial chief monk has ordered the abbot of Wat Kitti Sangkharam (the Phuket Big Buddha Temple) to suspend all construction on Khao Nark Kerd mountain, pending an investigation into whether the temple has encroached on national forest reserves.
Over the generations, Thai farmers have developed traditional rice varieties endemic to their land, culture and community. These strains have unique characteristics in terms of texture, taste, aroma and nutritional values, yet many are now being lost, relegated to the past by so-called high-yield strains or destroyed by chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
August 24 11.40pm: The Thai-Chinese high-speed train tunnel in Khlong Khananchit, in the Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, collapses, trapping 3 workers, one Myanmar national and two Chinese (an excavator driver and a project supervisor).
The remains of two Chinese nationals, trapped inside a collapsed train tunnel in Nakhon Ratchasima since August 24th, were recovered this afternoon and have been taken to Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital for identification.
More of the embankment along the Yom River in Sawankhalok, Si Samrong and Mueang districts of Sukhothai province has given way, causing widespread flooding today.
