Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
- Thailand News
Don’t panic: Blaring phone alerts hit Thailand in disaster drill
Don’t panic if your phone blares out an emergency alert…
- Thailand News
Panic button: Thailand to blast phones with emergency alert tests
Don’t panic if your phone suddenly screams at you in…
- Bangkok News
Bangkok tests mobile alert system for emergency warnings
Telecom operators and regulators successfully tested a comprehensive virtual cell…
- Phuket News
Phuket braces for floods as emergency pumps deployed
Phuket is battening down the hatches as officials race to…
- Phuket News
Phuket faces water crisis as reservoirs run dry
Warning bells are ringing in Phuket as reservoir levels plunge…
- Phuket News
Phuket trials emergency alert system after earthquake failures
In the wake of the March 28 earthquake that rocked…
- Pattaya News
3 workers trapped for over an hour in Pattaya elevator horror
A routine workday turned into a terrifying ordeal for three…
- Phuket News
Phuket cracks down on deadly road accidents with safety workshop
Phuket officials are stepping up their fight against dangerous road…
- Phuket News
Phuket plans major disaster drill for flood preparedness
Phuket is set to enhance its disaster preparedness with an…
- Thailand News
Hat Yai on high alert: Red zone declared amid flood threat
Hat Yai has been declared a red zone as the…
- Phuket News
Phuket teleconference reviews disaster plan for southern provinces
Royal Volunteer Command Center Region 4 held a teleconference yesterday…
- Thailand News
Thai minister ready to battle over funding for Russian helicopter
Thai Interior Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, is set to challenge the…
- Thailand News
Songkran celebrations turn sour: Over 100 lives lost, 1,000 injured in road accidents
According to the Director General of the Department of Disaster…
- Phuket News
Earthquake hits Phang Nga
Although Thailand doesn’t experience catastrophic earthquakes like those that have…
- Road deaths
Phuket focuses on foreigners causing motorbike accidents
As Thailand sees the tail end of the dreaded “Seven…
- Road deaths
Screening for drunk driving to reduce new year holiday road deaths
Drunk driving is a fairly constant problem in Thailand, like…
- World News
Earthquake in Indonesia felt throughout southern Thailand
An earthquake in Indonesia was felt as far away as…
- Environment News
Thai Interior Minister plays down flood warnings
The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) today announced another day of…
- Thailand Weather Updates
Flash flood warning due to heavy rains in 38 provinces
Heavy rains have been battering various parts of Thailand and…
- Thailand News
Thailand’s tsunami warning system still works, says Disaster Department
Thailand has worryingly lost connection with two tsunami detection buoys,…
- Thailand News
Flash flood warning in Phuket, southern Thailand
Ranong, Phang Nga, Phuket and Krabi are expected to face…
- Thailand News
6 dead and 30 provinces affected by tropical storm ‘Dianmu’
The tropical storm Dianmu, which passed through northern Thaiand last…
- Thailand News
Phuket construction worker drowns after getting stuck under storm drain
A 40-ish year old construction worker was killed in Phuket…
- South Thailand News
Thousands of people evacuated due to flood in deep south Thailand
Thousands of residents in Songkhla, Yala and Narathiwat, in lower…
- Phuket News
Tsunami warning buoys to be installed, replacing Thailand’s out-of-action buoys
Tsunami warning buoys will be re-installed after one buoy got…
