Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Hua Hin, with its charming beach, luxury hotels, beach houses and royal residences, always promises a classy, luxurious weekend away. However, just beyond the stylish resorts and bars lies Pranburi Forest Park - where the beauty of nature and tranquility take centre stage.
Two captive lions were safely rescued from their flooded cage in Saraphi district of Chiang Mai yesterday.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said today that it may take as long as 45 days to clear the mud covering most of Mae Sai township, in Chiang Rai province, before the situation returns to normal.
Torrential rain throughout last night at Doi Suthep sent a raging torrent of water cascading down the mountain, levelling many trees, causing mudslides and inundating several communities at its base this morning.
Thai police have filed charges against a Polish female passenger who allegedly made a bomb threat on-board a VietJet flight VZ961, during a flight from Da Nang to Suvarnabhumi airport yesterday, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT).
While several provinces in the north are suffering serious flooding, especially Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai, Nakhon Ratchasima, in the north-east, is facing a water shortage with all of its 27 reservoirs now less than half full.
Riverside communities in 10 central provinces, including Bangkok, are being advised to brace for overflows from the Chao Phraya River from Saturday, as the Royal Irrigation Department will increase the amount of water being released through the Chao Phraya Dam to 2,000m3/s.
A family of four, including a 66-year-old woman, were safely rescued last night, after they were trapped by flash flood in the middle of a forest next to Khao Yai National Park in Prachan Takham district of Prachin Buri province.
The water level in the Ping River rose to a peak of 4.93m at 3am this morning, surpassing the 4.9m recorded in 2011. Overflows have inundated wide areas of downtown Chiang Mai, including the famous Night Bazaar.
An animal welfare organisation has agreed to adopt the pit bull terrier which mauled a 67-year-old woman to death in the Sam Khok district of Pathum Thani province.
The Chiang Mai office of the Royal Irrigation Department issued an urgent advisory this afternoon, updating the flood situation in the Mueang district, with a warning that the water depth in the Ping River is expected to rise above 5m between 9pm and 11pm tonight, from the 4.45m measured at the Nawarat Bridge at 6am this morning.
More areas in the northern provinces of Lampang and Sukhothai are now flooded. Residents have been moving their belongings to higher ground and are avoiding flooded routes as advised.
