Demand for Bangkok Governor Election
Bangkok MP Sira Jenjaka sought public support for his demand for the quick election of the Bangkok governor, accusing the incumbent governor of failing to solve problems.
Bangkok MP Sira Jenjaka sought public support for his demand for the quick election of the Bangkok governor, accusing the incumbent governor of failing to solve problems.
Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha is visiting Sukhothai, hit by flooding earlier this month to hand out relief supplies to flood victims.
Officials were speeding up assistance for flood victims as flooding remained in two provinces, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.
The flood situation in Sukhothai province has extended to cover wider areas as part of a flood prevention wall collapsed, causing water overflowing into a riverside community.
Flooding is still critical in the northern province of Nan as the Nan River was overflowing in Phu Phiang district this morning.
Rescuers from the government and the private sector are handing out assistance to flood victims in Nam Suay sub-district of the provincial seat in the northeastern province of Loei.
Storm Sinlaku caused heavy rain in many areas, flash floods and landslides in Nan province and a fisherman missing in Phitsanulok province.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered the governor of Loei province and local military units to rescue people from flash floods.
The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand is confident of flood prevention at industrial estates despite predicted rainwater increase this year.
Floods are subsiding in the southern border province of Narathiwat but officials are put on standby in case that rain resumes,
Flooding along the Sungai Kolok River in Narathiwat has worsened as the water level rose to two metres from the river bank on Friday morning.
The Interior Minister assured that compensation money will be paid to all flood victims by the end of this month.