Chachoengsao floods threaten key agricultural produce
Prolonged flooding in Chachoengsao is devastating local agriculture, threatening renowned mango orchards and wiping out shrimp farms overnight, farmers said Tuesday.
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Prolonged flooding in Chachoengsao is devastating local agriculture, threatening renowned mango orchards and wiping out shrimp farms overnight, farmers said Tuesday.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has harshly criticised the Ban Sang district chief in Prachin Buri for being uncooperative, inactive and seemingly unaware of the suffering of people in the district due to flooding.
The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has warned residents in Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram, and Samut Sakhon of rising levels in the Mae Klong River due to increased discharge from the Mae Klong Dam.
The Marine Department has deployed water pushers, boats, and jet skis to accelerate flood drainage into the sea in Samut Songkhram’s Amphawa and Bang Khonthi districts.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has put all southern provinces on high alert for heavy rainfall from today until October 14.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas has been appointed to oversee joint water management across Bangkok, Nakhon Nayok, and Pathum Thani to prevent inter-provincial disputes.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's call for flood-hit people to evacuate to safety without delay, rather than remain behind out of concern for their pets, has drawn criticism from animal lovers.
The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) is investigating a Kanchanaburi care facility following television allegations of physical abuse and unlawful confinement of elderly and psychiatric patients.
The Department of Livestock Development has deployed 50 officers with heavy machinery to assist a Prachin Buri pig farm after more than 2,000 pigs drowned in severe floods.
Over one million households affected by flooding have sought compensation from the government, Sirithorn Somsuwan, public relations director of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, said yesterday.
Motorists who lost their licence plates while driving through floodwaters are searching for them, with photographs of hundreds of recovered plates posted on social media by police stations and district offices.
he Nakhon Nayok governor has asked the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) to suspend the discharge of water into canals 14, 15 and 16 from the Pasak Chonlasit Reservoir, warning that additional water will worsen flooding in the province, particularly