Sukhothai Faces Severe Flooding
Floodwaters from the north converged with the overflowing Yom River, inundating hundreds of homes in Sukhothai Province
Floodwaters from the north converged with the overflowing Yom River, inundating hundreds of homes in Sukhothai Province
Prime Minister and Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin will convene a meeting with officials from the Royal Irrigation Department this afternoon to assess the flooding situation and discuss comprehensive assistance measures.
The Loy Krathong and Candle Festival of Sukhothai province started over the past weekend.
Severe flooding continued in Sukhothai province as floodwater was flowing from outer districts to the western part of its center and Sukhothai Hospital had to close its emergency room for three days.
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.
Thailand celebrates the annual Loy Krathong Festival, one of the Kingdom’s oldest and most colorful traditional festivities, on Monday.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has included Bangkok and Sukhothai in its Creative City Network.
Severe flooding continues in the North and Northeast of Thailand as rescue teams are working around the clock to drain water in flood-stricken areas
The water level in the Yom River, passing Sukhothai’s provincial seat keeps rising as local authorities have tried to protect the town’s inner areas.
BANGKOK, Sept 3 (TNA) – Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on ordered the Irrigation Department to protect Sukhothai’s provincial seat from flooding as the overflowing Yom River has posed a flood threat to the province’s inner areas. The rising water levels in the Yom River and the connected small canals are flowing downstream from Phrae […]