By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Oct.3) pledged to see to it that the authorities will practically keep flooding and drought “in balance” to the extent that villagers, farmlands and other property be affected the least possible. The prime minister said the flooding situation in the northern, northeastern, eastern and central
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Drought ironically hits Nakhon Sawan’s outer district
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FARMERS IN AN OUTER district of Nakhon Sawan are ironically affected by drought despite an average distance of 40 kilometres between their villages and the capital district where flash floods are anticipated sooner than later in the current monsoon season, officials said today (Oct.2). The villagers in five subdistricts of
Read moreEl Niño has arrived and is expected to last 3-5 years
THAI RESEARCHERS and water management agencies said today (June 15) that a moderate strength El Niño, which is a natural climate phenomenon, has arrived and is expected to last three to five years with a possible prolonged drought leading to water scarcity, Thai Rath newspaper said. Mrs. Pattamawadi Phochanukul, director of Thailand Science Research
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