Artikel tagged “south”

  • Finless porpoise found dead in Nakhon Si Thammarat after Pabuk

    Finless porpoise found dead in Nakhon Si Thammarat after Pabuk

    PHOTO: DMCR A Finless porpoise found dead on a beach in Nakhon Si Thammarat over the weekend following last Friday’s storm. The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) is reporting that they were informed by Vachirapong Sakunrat who found the dead dolphin at Nadan Beach in Khanom, Nakhon Si Thammarat.

  • Angthong National Marine Park closed for 3 days due to approaching storm

    Angthong National Marine Park closed for 3 days due to approaching storm

    The Angthong National Marine Park, off the coast of Surat Thani province, is closing for three days from tomorrow (Thursday) as tropical storm ‘Pabuk’ is expected to hit the southern Gulf coast. The decision has been based on weather warnings from the TMD, which says the storm “Pabuk” will bring unseasonal heavy downpours and high waves in the Gulf of Thailand from Thursday into the weekend.

  • Phuket small boats ‘should not’ leave port – weather warning

    Phuket small boats ‘should not’ leave port – weather warning

    The Phuket Marine Office has made an official announcement today for boats to be “careful when going to sea”.

  • Unseasonal storms predicted for the South

    Unseasonal storms predicted for the South

    Southern provinces are under warnings from the Thai Meteorological Department following official notifications yesterday. They’re also predicting that other parts of Thailand will have cooler temperatures during the forecast period.

  • Last Full Moon Party for 2018 attracts 30,000

    Last Full Moon Party for 2018 attracts 30,000

    Authorities claim over 30,000 tourists flocked to Hat Rin on Koh Phangan for the Saturday night (well, Sunday morning really), monthly full moon party, the final party for 2018. The party kicked off at 1am on Sunday morning and wound up at 7am. Most of the local hotels were full with highly inflated prices for the monthly gathering whilst many others arrived on speedboats from Koh Samui

  • Happy ending for Malaysian tourist at Betong immigration

    Happy ending for Malaysian tourist at Betong immigration

    What appeared as a bad end to the holiday of a Malaysian tourist has ended up with a much happier ending. Immigration police have returned a wallet with cash and credit cards to the Malaysian tourist on yesterday after he dropped it in front of an immigration counter on Friday night. The tourist, Low Han Ben, reclaimed his purse at the Betong border checkpoint at 7.30am this morning and has thanked the tourist police

  • Pickup truck crashes into canal in Phatthalung killing two

    Pickup truck crashes into canal in Phatthalung killing two

    The driver of a pickup, along with his passenger friend, were killed and two women injured early today.

  • Government to give cash handouts to oil palm planters

    The National Oil Palm Committee, led by Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwan, plans to give away 1,500 baht per rai cash handout to 150,000 oil palm planters in a massive subsidy for their production cost.

  • Multiple waterspouts observed off Koh Lipe – VIDEO

    Multiple waterspouts observed off Koh Lipe – VIDEO

    People on the beach at Koh Lipe were treated to a spectacular sight of four waterspouts off Satun today. The sudden phenomenon in the Andaman Sea was recorded as video and photos and widely shared on social media.

  • Narathiwat officials swing into action to combat deadly measles outbreak

    by Narong Nuansakul The southern province of Narathiwat is stepping up vaccinations against measles as the disease has already claimed up to twelve lives in Yala and Pattani since June this year. A huge number of youngsters aged between one and five in Yala and Pattani have come down with measles in recent months, claiming the lives of 12 children. The disease has been spreading from the two provinces to Narathiwat