THE Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation issued a flood alert for Bangkok from Wednesday Aug. 30 to Sunday Sept. 3 as northern and southern monsoons will likely bring heavy to extra-heavy rain in some areas, TV Channel 7 said today (Aug. 28). The alert was issued after the Meteorological Department said in its
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Diarrhoea outbreak spreads across Phuket
PHUKET Governor Narong Woonciew issued a health alert today (June 8) that a diarrhoea outbreak has spread across the island with the suspected cause being contaminated drinking water and ice, TV Channel 7 said this evening. Accompanied by Dr. Kusak Kukiatkul, the provincial public health doctor, and other officials Narong said Phuket has a
Read moreRed flag alert issued in Rangsit as key canal overflows amid incessant rain
RANGSIT municipality this afternoon (Sept. 8) issued a red flag alert as continuous heavy rain has led to water in the Rangsit Prayoonsak canal now overflowing the dam line onto the roads, Matichon newspaper quoted JS100 Radio as saying. Pol. Capt. Dr. Trilup Thoopkrachang, Rangsit city’s mayor, together with a team of officials had
Read moreWaterworks issues coronavirus alert for Phra Khanong, Sukhumvit area
AS Bangkok’s 29th Covid-19 patient had visited Metropolitan Waterworks Authority’s (MWA’s) Phra Khanong office on December 21, with this being in the same building as the temporary Sukhumvit branch, people who came in on that day have been told to watch their symptoms for this deadly disease, Siam Rath newspaper reported this afternoon (Dec.
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