Widespread flooding in Sukhothai as more embankment collapses
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.
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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.
Forensic officers have recovered the remains of all nine people on board the Cessna Caravan plane which crashed into a mangrove swamp in Bang Pakong district of Chachoengsao province on August 22.
A rescue team has been racing against time to help three workers, one Chinese and two Myanmar nationals, trapped inside a collapsed train tunnel, under construction in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, after they detected signs of life.
Officials and labourers in Mueang district of Sukhothai province have been working frantically to close two gaping holes in an earth embankment, which collapsed under the pressure of strong currents in the Yom River, as runoffs from upstream Phrae flow through the province.
Tucked away along the pristine Andaman coast, Memories Beach in Phang Nga province is quietly carving out a reputation as Thailand’s best surf destination.
Flood water in the northern provinces of Chiang Rai, Phrae and Nan is receding, allowing residents to start cleaning up and removing sediment from their houses.
Twelve bodies have been recovered, one person is still missing and ten others have been injured in mud slides in nine villages in Phuket’s Mueang district, following several days of heavy rain.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has recommended that the Bank of Thailand reduce the withholding tax collected from commercial banks by half, so that the banks will have more liquidity with which to extend more housing and car loans.
Thailand on Wednesday reported a suspected first case of the new more dangerous strain of mpox, which the World Health Organization has declared a global public health emergency.
Two people are missing, believed to have drowned, and two others were injured when a jet ski collided with a long-tailed boat on the Chao Phraya River in Phra Pradaeng district of Samut Prakan Saturday night.
Customs and industrial works officials are on alert for a cargo ship, carrying 100 containers loaded with about 816 tonnes of arc furnace dust, a hazardous form of industrial waste, which was reportedly heading for Thailand.