AS strong winds and waves pounded Pattaya today (Sep. 26) a tour boat ran aground off Jomtien beach with beach chair rentals suspended for safety, Naewna newspaper said. Unstable weather conditions persisting since last evening brought continuous gusts of howling winds to Jomtien beach while powerful waves crashed on the shore with this impacting
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Met dept denies ‘massive flood’ looming in 120 hours
THE Meteorological Department this evening (Sep. 22) quashed reports circulating on social media that a “massive flood is coming in 120 hours” as the actual forecast is for heavy to very heavy rain in many areas during Sep.23-27, PPTVHD36 said. Mr. Nattawut Dandee, the department’s deputy director-general, said a strong low-pressure system, a monsoon
Read moreTemperature to drop further, 16°C lowest in Bangkok
THAILAND will remain cooler to cold and very cold in the upper North and Northeast over the next 24 hours (till 6 a.m. tomorrow) with a slight drop in temperature and strong winds in the upper south while the mercury will drop to minimum temperature 16-19 °C in Bangkok Metropolis. People in the northern
Read moreKrabi temporarily closes some popular islands due to rough seas
KRABI planted red flags at some popular tourist islands due to heavy seas and continuous strong waves from today to Sunday (Sep. 19-22) for the safety of tourists, Amarin TV said. Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park said key tourist attractions temporarily closed include Koh Phi Phi Le, Koh Mai Phai, Koh
Read moreThree ministers in scary helicopter ride
THREE ministers including Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai who is currently acting prime minister were in a risky helicopter ride in a severe storm yesterday (Aug. 24) after flying to Phrae to inspect heavy flooding in this northern province, Amarin TV said today. Pheu Thai’s Phrae MP Woravat Auapinyakul wrote about this scary
Read moreHelicopter carrying Iran’s President Raisi crashes, search under way
By Agencies and published by CNA Dubai – A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday (May 19) as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident. The official said the lives
Read moreAs temperature exceeds 43°C woman loses her entire durian crop
A THAI WOMAN said in a Facebook post today (May 3) that with the temperature soaring higher than 43 degrees Celsius all the durian in her orchard have fallen and cracked up with this being the worst setback she has ever suffered, Amarin TV said. The Facebook user, Ton Aor, said in a post
Read moreExtreme heat causes sandals to shrink
A YOUNG man bought a pair of sandals from a department store in Thailand after trying them on and ensuring they fit fine but on the way back home they were exposed to current extremely hot weather at the back of his pickup truck and once home to his surprise they had shrunk from
Read moreNot true 2 tropical storms to hit Thailand on election day: Minister
AMID widespread circulation of rumours on social media that two tropical storms are heading for Thailand bringing torrential rain on election day, Sunday May 14, 2023, Minister of Digital Economy and Society (DES) Chaiwut Thanakmanusorn came out to quash the weather scare but warned voters they still had to prepare for continuous rain in
Read moreWarning issued after tourist drowns off Pattaya beach
AN UNIDENTIFIED foreign man drowned off Pattaya beach this afternoon (Mar. 19) with officials warning the public to watch out for strong wind and rough waves, Naewna newspaper said. Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan radio centre was alerted of the tourist drowning at Nipa Lodge intersection in Nong Prue subdistrict, Bang Lamung district, at 2 p.m.and
Read moreElderly woman freezes to death in Korat
WITH THE mercury having dipped it led to an elderly woman freezing to death in the basement of her wooden house in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province, Amarin TV said today (Dec. 15). Mr. Taweesak Panklang, deputy chief of Ban Rat Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor), Soeng Sang district, was informed of a woman having died
Read moreExplainer: Topsy-turvy weather comes from polar vortex
By Seth Borenstein, AP, published by Microsoft News IT’S as if the world has been turned upside-down, or at least its weather. You can blame the increasingly familiar polar vortex, which has brought a taste of the Arctic to places where winter often requires no more than a jacket. Around the North Pole, winter’s ultra-cold
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