Russian Body Found after 6 Days of Search
A Russian woman was found dead off the Patong bay about 40 kilometers from the place where she was last seen.
A Russian woman was found dead off the Patong bay about 40 kilometers from the place where she was last seen.
A two-story building subsided in Muang district but no one was injured because its owner had told tenants to move out.
Flooding ended at the center of Phuket but many areas of this tourist island province suffered landslides due to heavy rain.
The government and all parties concerned are doing their best to win the right to organize Expo 2028 – Phuket, Thailand, according to the government spokesman.
Many parts of Phuket province were flooded, especially Thalang district where vehicles were covered by floodwater after persistent rain. Meanwhile, the management of Phuket airport warned air travelers to arrive early.
A 27-year-old Nigerian man who is the first monkeypox case of Thailand fled his treatment process and officials were searching for him.
Authorities in Phuket prepare measures to contain monkeypox as the country had its first case of the disease and 6-7 people were in close contact with the infected man there.
Officials are closely monitoring earthquakes near the Andaman Islands off India as about 30 tremors happened there, about 400-500 kilometers from Phuket province, over the past two days.
Authorities in Phuket insist its tsunami-warning system remains operative and is tested on Wednesdays.
Hotel reservations increase ahead of the government’s further relaxation of COVID-19 control measures on July 1 while Phuket and Krabi provinces remain as popular destinations, according to the Thai Hotels Association.
Tourists flocked to pubs, bars and karaoke shops, especially those on Bangla Road on Patong beach, when entertainment places were allowed to reopen on the night of June 1.
Immigration police in Phuket set up a special unit to extend the visas of the Russian and Ukrainian tourists who cannot return to their homeland due to the Russia-Ukraine war.