Protesters of a coal-fired power plant for Krabi sit outside Government House. They dispersed on Sunday after the government agreed to delay the project again and do a new environmental and health assessment study.
Category: Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
Airport closure extended
The airport at Nakhon Si Thammarat province will remain closed until tomorrow for safety reasons, as floodwater on its runway was still high, the Department of Civil Aviation announced yesterday.
Nearly 1 million swamped by relentless southern deluge
FLOODING in lower Thailand has now expanded to leave 10 of the 15 southern provinces inundated, affecting nearly a million people and claiming 11 lives, according to the Interior Ministry’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department. And eight provinces Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Ranong and Phang Nga face more heavy rain until today.
Tourists rescued as floods hit Nakhon Si Thammarat
Marine Police Division chief Maj-General Krittapon Yeesakorn said yesterday that the tourists had been stranded at the resort in Khanom district because floodwater was too high for them to wade out on their own. “But we have already helped them,” he said.
Bus services to South halted by flooding
The road linking Sungai Kolok and Waeng districts of Narathiwat was flooded, with water 30-50 centimetres deep on Thursday morning. Major flooding in several areas, particularly in Thung Song district of Nakhon Si Thammarat, has forced the temporary cancellation of bus services between Bangkok and the South, the state-run Transport Co announced on Thursday.