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Floods damage over 20,000 rai of farmlands this year
The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry announced on Thursday that flooding has damaged more than 20,000 rai of agricultural land and that 7 million baht has been spent compensating more than 1,000 farmers.Peeraphan Kothong, the ministry’s deputy spokesman, said according to the report covering damages incurred ...
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Revised forecast puts Bangkok underwater by 2050
Rising seas could affect three times more people by 2050 than previously thought, according to new research, threatening to all but erase some of the world’s great coastal cities including Bangkok.The authors of a paper published this week developed a more accurate way of calculating ...
Water situation worrisome after Mekong River gains close to 2 meters overnight
The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has continued with preparations against flooding due to a tropical depression spurring rainfall across most of the country with the Mekong River level in Nong Khai province rising rapidly and impeding boat travel.Keep seeing ...