Army opens flood tackling centre
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The Army has turned its disaster relief centre into the National Council for Peace and Order's Flood Tackling Centre with two urgent priorities: conducting a preparation plan in case of a major flood and helping flood-affected people.
Deputy government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department (DPMD) and local authorities in the Central, East and Southwest regions were assigned by the prime minister to prepare for disasters caused by storms, flash floods and landslides. The order stemmed from a Meteorological Department forecast that a monsoon from the southwest would bring heavy rains to many parts of the country from June 1721.
