
Pumps Used to Drain Floodwater from Loei’s Town after 4 Days’ Inundation
Severe flooding continued in many northeastern provinces and officials installed pumps to speed up flood drainage.
Severe flooding continued in many northeastern provinces and officials installed pumps to speed up flood drainage.
A wild elephant trampled to death a ranger of the Thap Lan National Park who was trying to scare it away after it had damaged houses and kitchens for food.
Water remains at manageable levels in Ayutthaya and this year the central plain province will not suffer such severe flooding as that in 2011, according to the chair of the Ayutthaya Chapter of the Federation of Thai Industries.
Although Taiwan ends free visas for Thais, there will not be any impact on Thai travelers because most of them go to Japan, according to the tourism sector.
Director-general of the Royal Irrigation Department, ordered the full-scale operation of nine coastal pump stations to drain floodwater from Bangkok and Samut Prakan province into the Gulf of Thailand.
Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt on Sunday inspected a flooded parking lot of a condominium building and apologized for being unable to protect everyone from flooding.
Officials, rescue workers and villagers joined forces to scare away about 100 wild elephants from the farmland of the Khao Pradu community in Khon Buri district.
The government expressed condolences on the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, said a government spokesman.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues statement on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) raised its flood alert as the levels of canals in the upper part of the capital were high amid the possibility of prolonged downpours.
Acrylamide in coffee emerges naturally during bean roasting and is not harmful to consumers, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
The Department of Industrial Works found an illegal landfill covering more than 80,000 tons of industrial waste in this eastern province.