Disasters

Water is to be distributed to drought-hit areas as a short-term measure while more reservoirs are being constructed as part of the government’s long-term measures against water scarcity.Keep watching ...

Thailand will raise concerns about its current drought during a Mekong River Commission meeting expected next month, the Thai water-resources chief said, as local farmers complained that dams in China were choking the waterway on which millions depend for their livelihoods.Somkiat Prajamwong, director of Thailand’s ...

Some residents of Bangkok can literally taste the risk of a potentially damaging drought in Thailand.Tap water has turned saltier in parts of the city, a development blamed on the Chao Phraya river becoming too low to keep tidal seawater out.The saline intrusion is just ...

The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) collaborated with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Chichibu Chemical in the construction of a Plastic Rainwater Storage Structure (PRSS) to prevent damages from inundation at industrial estates in Thailand, starting with a pilot run at Latkrabang ...

Thailand is facing a drought after emergency measures were ordered in 54 districts in 11 provinces, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.Monton Sudprasert, director-general of the department, said that a drought has been declared in Chiang Rai, Nan, Nakhon Phanom, Maha Sarakham, ...

Just over a week ago, many people in Thailand, particularly those in highrises, were thrown into panic when their buildings were swaying. They didn’t know at the time that a strong earthquake had just hit inside Lao borders near Nan’s district of Chaloem Phrakiat.The shallow ...

Ministerial delegates from the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Council today at their annual gathering in Phnom Penh approved a drought management strategy for 2020-2025, allowing Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam to prepare for and manage drought collectively. The approved strategy came as the region ...

Severe to extreme drought is expected to hit countries in the lower Mekong basin from now until January 2020, warns the Mekong River Commission. Thailand and Cambodia would be hardest hit compared to Lao PDR and Viet Nam.    Preliminary analysis of MRC’s data has shown that ...

An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude has rattled the centre and north of the country this morning. The epicentre of the tremors was around northern Nan province, on the Laos border.At this stage there has been no immediate reports of casualties or damage although The Thaiger ...

Engineers have warned that Thailand will remain trapped in a cycle of flooding unless the government expands natural catchment areas, raises flood embankments and builds more underground drainage systems.The Council of Engineers Thailand (CoE) and the Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) yesterday proposed solutions to ...