
Flash flood wreaks havoc in Ban Rai district of Uthai Thani
A flash flood swept into Ban Rai district of Uthai Thani on Saturday evening, causing extensive damage to property, following torrential rain on a mountainous area nearby.
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A flash flood swept into Ban Rai district of Uthai Thani on Saturday evening, causing extensive damage to property, following torrential rain on a mountainous area nearby.

The Medical Council and the Department of Health Services jointly filed a complaint with the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) today, accusing an executive of the iCon Group e-commerce company of falsely claiming to be a medical doctor on social media.

More than 20 people sustained minor injuries from smoke inhalation during a fire in a crowded apartment building in Mueang district of Samut Prakan late Tuesday night.

Australia is aiming at strengthening collaboration with Thailand through four key strategies, regardless of changes in the Thai government. Bilateral trade provides opportunities to elevate expertise in various sectors.

Hundreds of people flocked to Khao Kheow open zoo in Si Racha district of Chon Buri today, to catch a glimpse of “Moo Deng”, a pygmy hippo calf which has become a global sensation.

Thailand plans to hold talks with Myanmar about the dismantling of buildings encroaching into the Sai River from both banks, to widen the water channel.

Dozens of fabric shop owners in Chiang Mai’s main market have been selling their flood-damaged stock at discounted prices, in an attempt to recoup some of their losses.

Violence in Thailand’s southernmost province of Pattani continued last night, when a 43-year-old police sergeant was killed in an ambush on his police box in Muang district.

While some riverside communities in Pakkret district of Nonthaburi province have been flooded by overflows from the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has offered his assurance that the city is safe from flooding, unless the volume of water being discharged through the Chao Phraya Dam in Chainat province exceeds 3,000m3/s.

Tankhun Jitt-itsara, an MP-turned-activist, has called for an investigation into an elephant centre in Chiang Mai that failed to relocate its elephants before a major flood hit the area, resulting in the deaths of two blind jumbos.

The search resumed today for a 10-year-old girl who went missing yesterday, after her parents’ riverside house collapsed into the Yom River in Sawankhalok district of Sukhothai province.

The Cabinet decided today to provide a standard Bt9,000 in compensation to each of 67,296 households, which have sought financial help from the government, in 50 provinces affected by flooding.