Bangkok Informer

Water-management system offers real-time data on flood scenarios Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – National

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Groups opposed to dams in North also upset at ban at summit venue Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – National

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A group of academics and NGOs Sunday called for the government to scrap its national strategy for water and flood management, saying it would drain the state budget, wash out local people’s lives and open the valves to massive corruption. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – National

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Climate change means 2011 disaster could be repeated, experts warn Full News here – NationMultimedia.com –

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Read more about my evening celebrating Loi Krathong at MatadorNetwork.com. Article: “You just don’t get that “feeling” spending Thanksgiving away from home” matadornetwork.com While lamenting that he will miss Thanksgiving with family, Evan discovers Thailand’s Loi Krathong, a festival whose name means “to float”. So he goes out to celebrate and see what it’s all [...]

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Honda Automobile (Thailand) has sold 103,709 vehicles during April-September, exceeding the target set after its Ayutthaya manufacturing plant was reopened on March 31. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Business

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The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) said yesterday that they will investigate the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s (BMA) extension of the BTS Skytrain concession as well as charges of flood-donation money being funneled into the Democrat Party. Department chief Tharit Pengdit said the committee will do everything in order to carry out the investigation process thoroughly [...]

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Ayutthaya Governor Wittaya Pewpong has disclosed that the water level around the Koh Mueang area of the province remains stable despite the rapid current in the Chao Phraya River. Full News here – Destination updates

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The state of flooding in the province of Sa Kaeo is taking a turn for the better after the amount of rainfall has reduced, allowing local authorities to prepare to carry out a grand clean-up operation. Full News here – News update

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BP has already blogged twice – once in July and another time in late August – 0n the possibility of severe flooding in 2012. Severe in the sense at a similar scale to 2011.  As blogged previously: Last year, as Thailand experienced severe flooding, BP blogged repeatedly about the the water level in dams – see Sirikit and Bhumibol dam [...]

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Powerful flood currents yesterday smash through a wall of large sandbags put up to stop overflow from the Yom River in Sukhothai. Workers are racing against time to rebuild the sandbag wall to prevent the run-off from reaching inner areas of the province   Chiangrai Times – Up to a quarter of Thailand’s provinces, including [...]

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BANGKOK/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Global insurance companies are struggling to get a grip on their flood exposure in Asia nearly a year after one of the world’s costliest disasters hit Thailand, with executives fearing an even worse event looms in the region. Full News here – Bangkok – Bing News

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Provincial governors are to begin taking legal action against flood victims who block roads in protest of the governments failure to promise compensation payments. The government has not promised compensation for damage incurred during last years flooding to some victims in Bangkok, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Nakhon Pathom, Ayutthaya and Samut Sakhon, the Bangkok Post reported. [...]

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AYUTTHAYA : Japanese investors are calling on the government to prioritise providing accurate and detailed information to the public in order to prevent a recurrence of last year’s floods. Ken Yasuoka, director and chief production officer of Fujikura Electronics, said the Thai government has yet to make proper preparations to prevent a flood. Located in [...]

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Thailand: Bangkok Governor Supports Flood Prevention Project Bangkok Deputy Governor Theerachon Manomaipiboon has revealed that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is collaborating with Samut Prakan province in an effort to prevent flooding this year. A discussion has been held between Mr. Full News here – Read more on Dredging Today

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