Disasters and emergency response
Drought is over in Thailand but water is still in short supply
Drought conditions in Thailand that have threatened the country’s rice production and economic growth are over, the deputy head of Thailand’s disaster prevention department has said. The wet season is underway but Thailand was contending with drought conditions in seven out of 67 provinces last week, ...
Thai Government poised to launch water donation plan
The government plans to ask people to donate drinking water to drought-stricken residents, deputy government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd says. The cabinet will discuss the donation campaign. Water distribution points will be set up under an initiative of His Majesty the King in drought-hit areas in various ...
Farmers defy ban, continue to pump water
Farmers in several drought-stricken provinces in the Chao Phraya River basin have spurned the government’s calls to halt pumping water for agricultural use. The move came as water discharges from four major dams in the Chao Phraya River basin are being gradually cut from 28 million cubic metres per ...
Thailand is suffering from the worst drought in decades
Thailand is experiencing the worst drought in decades, with seven out of 67 provinces affected and water rationing taking place in almost a third of the country. Thailand’s Irrigation Department said that the amount of usable water in dams across the country, except in the West, ...
Cambodia rice farmers may be advised to plant early-maturing varieties if drought conditions persist
Cambodia rice farmers have started planting for the 2015 main rice crop in May and will continue until July end. However, unusually high temperatures and low rainfall are raising concerns that this year’s paddy production will suffer significantly due to the drought-inducing El Nino weather ...
Thai farmers brace for water cut
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has warned farmers to brace for the impact from reduced dam water releases. The government has ordered provincial governors to work with the military and police to stop farmers from diverting water for their farmland, following its move to cut ...
Rain brings relief to Thailand's drought-stricken provinces
The number of drought-hit provinces has more than halved after rain made an appearance in the upper North and Northeast, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department said Sunday. Department chief Chatchai Promlert said 40 provinces were reported as drought-hit until the weekend, when welcome rain eased the ...
Severe drought takes toll on women in Cambodia
A severe drought is affecting many people in provinces across Cambodia and has prompted the government to warn that it will deepen poverty in the developing country. Sivann Botum, secretary of state for the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and a member of the National Committee for ...
210,000 affected by lingering drought in SW China
A series of photos of the severe drought in southwest China. Click to view ...
Southeast Asia drought forces farmers to leave fields unplanted
A severe lack of rain and higher-than-normal temperatures in parts of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have caused some farmers to leave their fields and rice paddies unplanted, sources inside the developing Southeast Asian countries said. Farmers in Ha Tinh province in central Vietnam have been forced ...
