Anupong instructs officials to rush help to 27 cold-spell hit provinces
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2015
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Interior Minister Gen Anupong Paochinda said Friday that officials are rushing help to poor people in 284 districts of 2 central provinces, 12 northern provinces and 13 northeastern provinces that have been declared cold-spell disaster zones.
Chatchai Promlert, director general of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, said 23,865 villages or 31.83 per cent of villages nationwide have been hit with cold spell.