22 provinces declared cold-spell disaster zones
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Twenty-two provinces have been declared cold-spell disaster zones, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department announced Monday.
Wibul Sa-nguanpong, the director-general of the department, said 20,057 villages in 218 districts of the 22 provinces have been affected by cold spell.
Wubul said the provinces include 11 northern ones – Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, Phrae, Uttaradit, Phitsanulok, Nan, Tak, Phayao, Lampang, and Laphun.
Nine northeastern provinces were also declared cold-spell disaster zones. They are Sakon Nakhon, Loei, Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom, Ubon Ratchathani, Mahasarakham, Mukdahan, Kalasin, and Buri Ram.
The rest are two central provinces – Suphan Buri and Ratchaburi.
The Nation
