KASIKORN Research Centre estimates that the critical flooding in the South has so far cost the regional economy 25 billion baht with 800,000 households affected and 400,000 rai of farmland damaged, PPTVHD36 said today (Nov. 26). The widespread inundation, in Songkhla as well as several other southern provinces including Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Surat
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Cambodia tells UNESCO border clashes seriously damaged Preah Vihear Temple.
CAMBODIA told the 43rd UNESCO general assembly in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, that the five-day border clashes between Thai and Khmer soldiers in July caused serious damage to the World Heritage Site of Preah Vihear Temple, Naewna newspaper said today (Nov. 4). Dr. Phoeung Sackona, Cambodian minister of culture and fine arts, told the UNESCO meeting
Read moreQuake-hit condo juristic person committee quits in row with unit owners
THE entire juristic person committee of a 900-unit condominium in Chokchai Ruammit area where a large number of residents still cannot move back to their homes two months after the March 28 earthquake resigned after fierce arguments broke out during a meeting yesterday (May 27), TV Channel 7 said. Both sides threatened to sue
Read more23 Chiang Mai districts suffered quake damage
NORTHERN Chiang Mai city suffered damage from Friday’s massive earthquake centred at Mandalay, Myanmar, in 23 of its 25 districts but fortunately there were no deaths or injuries, Amarin TV said this evening (April 1). Mr. Dusit Phongsapipat, chief of Chiang Mai Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office, said inspection of 1,177 bridges and 15
Read moreAir pollution cost Thai economy 4.616 trillion baht in 2019: Academic
A KASETSART University professor said in a research paper that air pollution from PM2.5 particles caused 2.173 trillion baht economic damage to Thai households in 2019 and if all pollutants (PM10, PM2.5, CO, NOx, NO2) are included the total soared to 4.616 trillion baht, Matichon newspaper said today (Feb. 23). Mr. Wissanu Attawanich, an
Read moreHuge waves damage sea wall at Khao Lak
STRONG waves higher than two metres smashed and destroyed parts of a sea wall then started pounding and eroding a wide coastal area of Khao Lak tourist zone of the southern Phang Nga province today (June 9), INN News reported. As the powerful southwestern monsoon which is now covering the Andaman Sea and parts of
Read moreAs Asia’s tropical storm season arrives, grounded airplanes at risk of damage
By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia Taipei: Airlines, airports and insurers across Asia are bracing for the prospect of unusually high damage as the region’s tropical storm season begins, as hundreds of planes grounded by the coronavirus pandemic cannot be moved easily. Major airports in storm-vulnerable regions such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines,
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