(NECN/MCOT) – Many areas of the northern region were heavily inundated on Sunday due to flash floods. Chiang Mai, Uttaradit, Nan, and Phichit were among the northern provinces suffering from severe flooding, which forced evacuation of local residents in the affected areas. Local authorities closed an inner city area of Chiang Mai to traffic due to severe flooding, which led [...]

CHIANG RAI, 27 August 2010 (NNT) – The flood situation in the northern province of Chiang Rai remains unimproved on account of continuous rainfall in the area. The flood situation in Phaya Mengrai district of the province reportedly remains a cause for concern because the area is still under the influence of heavy rainfall. Over 2,000 households and more than [...]

(NECN/CNN) – The Wang Chin district in the Phrae province of Thailand has been declared a disaster zone. Large farms and plantations have been flooded, and many residential areas and state agencies are also under water. NECN Share

BANGKOK, Aug 18, 2010 (AFP) – At least four people died after a government helicopter carrying senior civil servants crashed in a remote part of northern Thailand in bad weather, officials said Wednesday. The helicopter, with five people on board including the permanent secretary for natural resources and environment, Saksit Tridech, vanished from radar screens on Tuesday after taking off [...]

(NECN/MCOT) – Torrential rains cause floods in parts of the North and the Northeast of Thailand and damage a large number of houses and paddy fields. In the Northern province of Lampang, it has been raining since Friday evening and communities along local rivers in part of Jae Hom district are hit by flash floods and overflows. Floods affect over [...]

BANGKOK, 7 August 2010 (NNT) — The heavy rain that causes widespread flooding in Northern Thailand has continually ravaged residents’ properties and belongings. Students and teachers of the Ban Nam Mong Pang Sa School in Nan province on Saturday were reportedly evacuated from the school by boat due to a broken bridge from heavy rainfall, while overall flood level across [...]

Yangon (Aug 7, 2010) : An explosion killed two people on the Burmese side of the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, officials said Saturday. The blast occurred about 8:30 pm Friday, in the Myawaddy market place, killing two people and injuring up to 20 others, according to government and border sources. Myawaddy is directly across the Moei River from Mae Sot, a [...]

Veterinarians were treating the latest land mine victim from the Thai-Myanmar border Thursday, a 22-year-old female elephant whose foot was severely wounded by the explosion. Mae Ka Pae, as she is called, is the 13th mine casualty to be treated at the innovative Friends of Asian Elephant hospital near this city in northern Thailand since it began operating in 1993. [...]

Lop Buri – The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) in collaboration with relevant officials rescued 10 Laotian women from a prostitution ring late Monday night. The officials are now pressuring the ring’s leader Wiroj Sukpitak to surrender, and trying to locate where other victims have been hidden. The Nation Share

BANGKOK, 24 July 2010 (NNT) – The Meteorological Department warns people living in the North and the Northeast of Thailand of flashfloods although Tropical Storm Chantu has weakened to a depression. The Meteorological Department stated in its 9th announcement that Tropical Storm Chantu would not make a landfall in Thailand and had lost its strength. However, the northern and northeastern [...]