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  • Hua Hin NewsRescuers get provisions into flooded Prachuab Khiri Khan district
    ThaigerPublished: 09:14, 11 November 2018
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    Rescuers get provisions into flooded Prachuab Khiri Khan district

    Army and rescue workers, loaded up with ready-made foods and drinking water, were visiting villages behind Chong Lom dam in Bang Saphan Noi district of Prachuab Khiri Khan yesterday after the area was cut off from the outside world. The only road into the district was flooded and had become impassable. Rescuers responded to a distress alert from Amporn Thaokruamat,…

  • Thailand NewsFloods sweep away bridge in Mae Hong Son
    ThaigerPublished: 12:41, 07 October 2018
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    Floods sweep away bridge in Mae Hong Son

    by Tossapon Boonpat A bridge in Mae Hong Son crucial to tourism and trade was swept away in a flash flood on Sunday. “We urgently need a Bailey bridge [to replace it temporarily], or else the flow of tourists and goods into Myanmar will be disrupted,” said Trairat Wanasirisuk, chief executive of the Tambon Mae Sam Lab Administrative Organisation. The…

  • Phuket NewsDams will cope with this weekend’s weather – Irrigation Department
    ThaigerPublished: 10:24, 08 September 2018
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    Dams will cope with this weekend’s weather – Irrigation Department

    The water regulation authorities say they’re ready for heavy rains forecast this weekend and the situation is under control. The National Water Resources Office and Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has confirmed that the authorities and the irrigation system were ready to receive large amounts of precipitation during the extraordinary wet period, which is affecting almost every part of the country.…

  • Hua Hin NewsFlooding in Phuket, Phetchaburi and Mae Hong Son
    ThaigerPublished: 08:48, 23 August 2018
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    Flooding in Phuket, Phetchaburi and Mae Hong Son

    PHOTO: Samkong underpass, Phuket – Newshawk Bad weather has hit Phang Nga and Phuket this morning whilst the flooding waters from the Kaeng Krachan dam in Phetchaburi are now reaching the main business district. In Phuket the major arteries are being clogged by flooding waters creating havoc for this morning’s peak hour. The Marine Office has issued a warning for…

  • Northern Thailand NewsGood news from dams in the north-east
    ThaigerPublished: 17:11, 07 August 2018
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    Good news from dams in the north-east

    Whilst provinces bordering the Mekong River, and areas in Phetchaburi downstream of the hillside dams, are all under threat from flooding at the moment, the situation is a lot better in the lower north-east provinces. The Irrigation department has issued assurances today about the water situation covering some 77 dams in the region. The Nation reports that 77 reservoirs in…