Prachuap Khiri Khan Province: Mango, durian and aloe vera growers in Pranburi district have been reeling from the impacts of drought conditions since March. A prolonged dry season coupled with intense heat has resulted in dried-up water sources, causing agricultural crops to wither. One figure cited in local media pegs district output to have fallen…
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Prachuap Khiri Khan Shipwreck Update
23 of HTMS Sukhothai crew still missing, 76 rescued, six deceased BANG SAPHAN, December 23: Hope for finding more survivors from the HTMS Sukhothai, which sank in rough seas off the coast of Prachuap Khiri Khan earlier this week, dwindles with each passing day. As of Friday morning, 23 of the 105 servicemen aboard the…
Seamen missing after Navy ship sunk off Prachuap Khiri Khan coast
BANG SAPHAN, December 19, 2022: More than 30 seamen were missing at sea after the 960-tonne Ratanakosin-class corvette they were on sunk in rough waters last night off the coast of Prachuap Khiri Khan. The 76.8 meter long HTMS Sukhothai was patrolling near Bang Saphan district on Sunday evening, about 20 nautical miles off the…
2022 is Prachuap Khiri Khan’s rainiest year on record
YTD Cumulative rainfall 63 percent higher than three-decade average, set to rise further before December dry season start PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, December 8: 2022 will be Prachuap Khiri Khan province’s rainiest year of the last three decades, accumulative rainfall statistics confirm. As of December 5, year-to-date cumulative rainfall in the province had surpassed 1,812 millimeters,…
Floods prompt passengers to abandon train in Prachuap Khiri Khan
PRANBURI: More than 250 passengers had to prematurely deboard the train they were traveling on in the north of Prachuap Khiri Khan province after flood-inundated tracks were deemed impassible. Most of the Bangkok-bound passengers boarded train number 86 in Nakhon Sri Thammarat in the south of Thailand. With an afternoon departure, the 800-km plus trip…
Prachuap Khiri Khan ordered at the ready for rain, flood mitigation
Governor orders ‘boots on the ground’ to assess disaster-prone, risk areas in Thap Sakae, Sam Roi Yot, & all districts THAP SAKAE: Anticipating excess rain in the coming days, Prachuap Khiri Khan governor Sathien Charoenruen has ordered all concerned officials to proactively inspect and address all potential problem zones. Thailand’s governors were summonsed at the…
Lightning strike suspected cause in Prachuap fire at coconut plant
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: October 5: Investigators are looking into whether or not lighting was the cause of a Prachuap fire that engulfed a coconut choir fiber processing plant on Wednesday. Ao Noi Police were initially alerted of the fire, who then dispatched emergency response units from Ao Noi and Koh Lak administration organizations and the…
Thai Football: Prachuap ‘stung’ 3-1 at Buriram
Prachuap FC’s Killer Wasps lose to Buriram United Thunder Castle in rainy away bout BURIRAM: October 2, 2022: The “Killer Wasps” of PT Prachuap FC are returning home without any points after their 3-1 loss away to Thai league powerhouse, Buriram United. Contested on a waterlogged pitch in the pouring rain at Buriram’s Chang Arena…
2022 to be Prachuap’s rainiest year on record?
Above average rainfall in Prachuap Khiri Khan to date, forecast leading into the Thai province’s wettest month MUEANG DISTRICT: October 1, 2022: Prachuap Khiri Khan province is on course to log its highest amount of rainfall in decades, with above-average rain forecast in the coming peak of the monsoon. Indeed, October has historically been the…
Prachuap Khiri Khan braces for Noru rains
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: September 28: A total of 139 disaster refuge centers have been established across the province in anticipation for rain-induced flooding from the tropical depression Noru. As the typhoon-turned-depression ravaged through north-central Viet Nam, southern Laos and northeastern Thailand earlier this week, Thailand Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda summonsed all of the kingdom’s…