Tag: rain
Big traffic snarls in Bangkok after evening downpour
WITH a monsoon trough lying across the lower North, Central, East and Northeast regions and tropical storm Kompasu moving through the Gulf of Tonkin Bangkok was this evening (Oct. 14) lashed by heavy rainfall leading some key roads getting flooded and this triggering bad traffic jams, Matichon newspaper said. Tweets from @fm91trafficpro and @js100radio …
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Flooded Din Daeng tunnel closed to traffic
RAINFALL across Bangkok this afternoon (Oct. 2) led to flooding in many areas with the Din Daeng tunnel badly flooded and closed to traffic, Matichon newspaper said this evening. Mr. Sansern Ruangrit, head of the telemetry group at Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Department of Drainage and Sewerage, tweeted that the flooding in this underpass was …
Floodwaters in Ayutthaya to rise by a metre in 24 hours
PARTS of Ayutthaya province got flooded to the level of 50-70 centimetres today (Sept. 16) after Chao Phraya Dam started releasing more than 1,400 cubic metres/second of water and it is now likely that the inundation will rise by a metre over the next 24 hours, Matichon newspaper said. Heavy rain in the lower …
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Briton’s Thai wife drowns in Chiang Mai creek after heavy rain
A BRITISH engineer is mourning the death of his Thai wife who was swept away by fiercely flowing waters of a creek that rose very high after heavy rain in Chiang Mai last night and after a long search her body was found four kilometres away late this morning (Sept. 12), Amarin TV said. Ms …
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Inflatable boats seen on Pattaya’s roads after torrential rain
AFTER several hours of heavy downpour today (Aug. 27) some Pattaya roads were so badly flooded that cars and motorcycles could not pass leading to a few residents bringing out their inflatable boats to cruise through them, Sanook.com said. Worst hit were Pattaya 3rd road and Wat Tham Samakkhi alley where the flooding was …
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Bangkok governor going all out to help flood-prone inner zone
BANGKOK Governor Asawin Kwanmuang today (Oct. 3) acknowledged in a Facebook post that inner area of Bangkok, which is the capital’s economic zone, has low capacity to absorb rainwater leading to flooding in many points and that urgent measures are being sought to resolve this problem, INN News and Sanook.com reported. The post came after …
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