By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter BANGKOK — A tropical storm gaining strength over the South China Sea is expected to shower Thailand over the weekend, the Thai Meteorological Department...
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Thailand teeters between drought and floods, awaiting Tropical Storm Wipha
By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter MAHA SARAKHAM — Locals are simultaneously digging wells due to a longstanding drought and bracing for flash floods that could result from a coming storm. ...
How Dry Is the Thai Drought This Year?
By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter - July 22, 2019 5:30 pm NAKHON RATCHASIMA — During past wet seasons, boat restaurants filled with tourists puttered along Bueng Kraton Lake, while...
Tropical depression ‘Mun’ a welcome shower after drought: expert, farmers
By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter BANGKOK — The state weather department has officially warned that a tropical depression in China will affect Thailand – but there’s no cause for alarm, a...
Flash floods hit Pattaya after hours of heavy rain
By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter PATTAYA — Pattaya city was hit by flash floods for the second consecutive day on Wednesday after being pounded by thunderstorms. Several areas were flooded up...
Pabuk leaves 4 dead, billions of Baht in damage
By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter BANGKOK — The first tropical storm to hit the south in decades killed at least four people and left over 3 billion baht of destruction in its wake. Officials...
Storm Pabuk to Hit Nakhon, Chumphon, Surat Hardest: Official
By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter BANGKOK — Tropical storm Pabuk will approach Thailand’s southern coasts tonight as three provinces are warned to feel the worst of it, an official said...
Tropical Storm Pabuk to cleave Thai south from stem to stern
By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter BANGKOK — Disaster officials were holding emergency meetings Wednesday to prepare for a newly upgraded tropical storm that is bearing down on the south of...
South warned of first tropical storm since 1962 disaster
By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter BANGKOK — Southern Thailand is expected to be hit directly by a tropical storm for the first time in 56 years later this week, officials said Tuesday. The...
Massive weekend flooding kills toddler, woman in Prachuap
By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — Streets turned into fast-moving rivers as flash floods triggered by the heaviest rainfall in decades struck the southern coastal province...
71 Killed as Dengue Deaths Spike
By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter - September 24, 2018 1:02 pm BANGKOK — Dengue deaths among Thais are up over 30 percent from last year, the health ministry said Sunday. Low awareness about...
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At Least 1 Dead When Landslide Crushes Refugee Camp in North
By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter - September 17, 2018 5:16 pm MAE HONG SON — A 2-year-old girl was found dead as seven people remain missing Monday when a landslide swept a refugee center in...
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Denied Education, Thailand’s Migrants and Refugees Go Digital
By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter - August 2, 2018 11:59 am Kyaw Kyaw Naing wakes before the sun to start his first shift at 5am. At 11:30am, he gets a three-hour break before going back to...
Red flag warnings as storms lash Thai south
**BANGKOK — **Swimmers and boats are warned to stay out of the water in the south of Thailand where powerful storms are producing rough sea conditions and flooding. Thunderstorms are driving strong...
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Refugees in Thailand Yearn For Acceptance, Solutions
By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter BANGKOK — A tiny room is bedroom, living room, kitchen and storage combined. At the end of a stained bedsheet, an old CRT television lies on the floor...
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‘We needed to survive,’ Syrians escape war unending to Bangkok
BANGKOK — Somewhere in the capital city is a tiny, 30sqm room shared by seven people. Four of them fled their home four years ago after it was flattened by a bomb. The other three, a woman and her...
Officials say flood recovery underway as south inundated anew
By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — Massive flooding which has ravaged dozens of provinces in recent weeks and killed at least 20 people is still affecting Isaan, while...
Flooded provinces shield Bangkok from calamity at sensitive time
By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter - October 25, 2017 5:54 pm BANGKOK — Water levels remained critical in three flooded regions Wednesday as the prime minister thanked flooded provinces in the...
430 Homes in North Bangkok Risk Flooding, Governor Says
By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer BANGKOK - Sandbags were placed Thursday along the northern side of both banks of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, in an effort to prevent possible floods. ...