By Reuters and published by CNA WASHINGTON – More than 850,000 customers in the United States as far west as New Mexico were without electricity and over 10,000 flights were cancelled on Sunday (Jan. 25) during a monster winter storm that paralysed eastern and southern states with heavy snow and ice. As snow, freezing
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Heavy traffic snarl-ups after torrential rain lashes Bangkok
HEAVY all night rain that turned into a torrential downpour accompanied with strong winds this morning (Oct. 3) led to numerous trees being toppled across Bangkok and roofs blown away triggering bad traffic congestion on several roads, Amarin TV said. Many areas are also flooded with uprooted trees and roofs that were peeled off
Read moreTropical Storm Nongfa bringing more rain
TROPICAL Storm Nongfa, which made landfall in central Vietnam this afternoon (Aug. 30) was around 180km from Bueng Khong Long district, Bueng Kan province, at 3 p.m. and once it reaches Thailand will unleash more rain across the country from today till Monday Sep. 1 with heavy to very heavy downpours accompanied by strong
Read moreTropical storm Kajiki kills five, leaves seven missing in northern Thailand
By Reuters – published by CNA and Amarin TV AT LEAST five people have been killed and seven remain missing after heavy rains and landslides brought on by tropical storm Kajiki swept across northern Thailand, the Thai disaster agency said on Thursday (Aug. 28). Kajiki made landfall as a typhoon in Vietnam earlier this week,
Read moreFierce tropical storm to lash Thailand with heavy rain
A TROPICAL depression over the South China Sea this morning (Aug. 23) has developed into Tropical Storm Kajiki which is currently 639 kms from Da Nang, Vietnam, and will be bringing heavy to very heavy rain to most of Thailand which is also being affected by a southwesterly monsoon. The Thai Meteorological Department said
Read morePhayao flooded as tropical storm Wipha reaches the North
By Amarin TV and Thai Newsroom TROPICAL storm Wipha which is moving along a monsoon trough covering upper Laos and upper North unleashed torrential rain and floods in Phayao province with Chiang Kham Hospital having to change the traffic route last night, Amarin TV said this morning (July 23). Several districts of this northern
Read moreStorm knocks down tree killing boy at Trat while typhoon lands in China’s Hainan island
By Naewna and AP – published by Yahoo!News A STRONG storm blowing through eastern Trat province uprooted a large Thai blueberry tree at a fruit orchard which then fell on a hut killing a 10-year-old boy playing there, Naewna newspaper said today (June 14). The incident occurred at 10.28 a.m. at Khlong On village,
Read moreTravellers urged to beware as tropical storm Wutip roars in the region
THE Thai Meteorological Department this evening (June 12) warned travellers to be careful as tropical storm Wutip is approaching China’s Hainan island and Guangdong province with Vietnam Airlines having cancelled and adjusted multiple flights, Thai Rath newspaper, Voice of Vietnam and China Daily said. At 4 p.m. in Thailand Wutip was racing through South
Read more‘Hoy Mee’ storm warning is fake news: Weather bureau
THE METEOROLOGICAL Department issued a warning for the public not to believe fake news going viral online that Thailand is about to be hit by a tropical storm named “Hoy Mee”, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (May 12). The weather bureau underscored that Thailand is not being hit by this tropical storm during
Read moreArcus clouds form as Tropical Storm Soulik enters Thailand
AS Tropical Storm Soulik entered Thailand today (Sep. 20) Arcus clouds formed in Si Sa Ket province with the Meteorological Department warning 48 provinces plus Bangkok to brace for heavy rain and flash floods while waves in the Andaman Sea and upper Gulf of Thailand will rise higher than four metres in thunderstorms, TV
Read moreBoth Typhoon Bebinca and Tropical Storm Pulasan not hitting Thailand
By TV Channel 7 and Reuters – published by CNA BOTH Typhoon Bebinca which slammed into Shanghai this morning (Sep. 16) and a tropical storm named Pulasan which is forming in the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines will not be entering Thailand, the Thai Meteorological Department said. Pulasan, named by Malaysia and is
Read moreTravellers warned to beware of Tropical Storm Maliksi
WEATHERMEN warned travellers to beware of Tropical Storm Maliksi which at 4 p.m. Thai time today (May 31) was centred around 120 kilometres from Yangjiang City in China’s Guangdong province. In its latest announcement, the Thai Meteorological Department said this tropical storm, which intensified from a depression in the upper South China Sea, has
Read moreMost powerful solar storm in 20 years has struck but almost no impact on Thailand
SPECTACULAR celestial light shows in skies are visible at high-latitude countries this weekend as the first “extreme” solar storm in 20 years slammed into Earth on Friday (May 10) while Thailand is well-protected by the Earth’s magnetic field so will have almost no impact, Thai Rath newspaper said this morning (May 11). National Astronomical
Read moreTropical Storm Koinu to hit Thailand during Oct. 9-11
THE CEO of a public-listed engineering company issued a warning that a tropical depression hanging over the Pacific has turned into Tropical Storm Koinu and as it moves westwards will hit Thailand during Oct. 9-11, Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Chawalit Chandrarat, CEO of Team Consulting Engineering and Management Plc, or Team Group, said Koinu
Read moreHailstorm hits Chiang Mai knocking down power poles, billboards
A SUMMER STORM slammed Chiang Mai with hail and rain lashing the whole northern city knocking down power poles and billboards while a dismantled roof flew and landed at an intersection and obstructed traffic this afternoon (Mar. 18), Matichon newspaper said. At around 3.30 p.m. strong winds brought a downpour of baht-coin-size hailstones, followed
Read moreSevere tropical storm moving in as Phuket remains flooded
HOT on the heels of tropical storm Sonca is a new one heading this way with this being severe tropical storm Nesat that is likely to intensify into a typhoon but the cold air mass from China currently covering upper Thailand and South China Sea will cause it weaken rapidly, the Thai Meteorological Department
Read moreTropical storm Sonca heading for Vietnam, dumping more rain on Northeast
A TROPICAL depression intensified into storm Sonca and is expected to make landfall in Vietnam tomorrow (Oct. 15) with this leading to more rain and strong winds in parts of the already heavily-flooded Northeastern Thailand, Thai Rath newspaper said. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said at 1 p.m. today that Sonca is currently
Read moreThailand not affected by powerful tropical storm Ma-on
By Thai Newsroom and AP, published by ABC News THAILAND is not directly affected by the powerful tropical storm Ma-on which is gaining strength as it heads for Hong Kong and other parts of southeastern China today (August 24) after displacing thousands in the Philippines, the Thai Meteorological Department said this evening. In its announcement
Read moreMyanmar dam collapses triggering heavy flooding at Chiang Rai border
AFTER an earthen dam in Myanmar burst today (August 13) huge amounts of floodwater swept into both Mae Sai town in Chiang Rai province and Tachileik town in the neighbouring country with the Sai river still critically four metres high, Naewna newspaper said. Floodwater continues to overflow the barriers and gush into Sailomjoy market
Read moreFierce storm knocks down part of airport’s new building, many roads floods
THE FIERCE summer storm that raged across Bangkok from late afternoon to evening today (Apr. 18) caused the roof and a wall of a new building at Don Muang Airport to collapse while commuters are struggling to get through heavy traffic jams on many flooded roads, Sanook.com and Naewna newspaper said. The violent storm that
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