North Thailand on flood alert as heavy rain pelts region

The Straits Times
20 May 2007

PROVINCES in northern Thailand have been warned to prepare for flash floods and landslides as heavy rain continues to pound the region. The Meteorological Department yesterday said the south-west monsoon over the Andaman Sea and Thailand had led to... read more...

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Oman cannot ignore tsunami threat — expert
BY SUNIL K. VAIDYA Bureau Chief
Gulf News
08 May 2007

Rumours about an impending tsunami may have died down, but the potential of the disaster striking Oman’s eastern coast from the Makran subduction zone cannot be ruled out, according to a Canadian palaeontologist. Eduard G. Reinhardt from School of... read more...

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