51 - 60 of 125 results for "floods"

  1. 51. learning | 16 Mar 2012

    Thai exports fall

    About business

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Floods & global economic slowdown push exports down (to EU -23.6%, to Japan -10.7%, to US -3.8%).

  2. 52. learning | 19 Sep 2012

    Flood prevention: Just too much rain

    About the floods

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Floods in Bangkok left cars waiting for hours. Small army of prisoners will help dredge canals, clean drains & drain water.

  3. 53. learning | 28 Feb 2012

    Post-flood: Unemployment double whammy?

    About work

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Govt paid companies to not layoff workers during floods but this ends in April exactly when minimum wage jumps to 300 baht.

  4. 54. learning | 24 Apr 2012

    Growing rice with little water

    About agriculture

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Heavy rains with floods, then no rain & farmers who can't grow crops, new kind of rice for this new reality in Thailand.

  5. 55. learning | 28 Dec 2011

    Floods: Honda destroys cars

    About business

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Customers need not worry about buying the flood-damaged cars seen so often in photos. They will be systematically destroyed and scrapped.

  6. 56. learning | 02 Nov 2011

    Froc members get wet too

    Easy English news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » Being a member of the the government's Flood Relief Operations Command (Froc) does not give you any special immunity from the floods.

  7. 57. learning | 31 Jul 2012

    Bringing durians back to life

    About agriculture

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Floods in 2011 killed almost all the durian trees in Nonthaburi. Major efforts to replant these trees are underway.

  8. 58. learning | 11 Nov 2011

    Floods: Battle of Bang Chan

    About business

    By Jon Fernquest

    » As floodwaters near, a man-against-nature battle is fought to fortify plants & ensure supplies of consumer goods.

  9. 59. learning | 11 Nov 2011

    Life during the floods

    About the floods

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Life passing by during Thailand's great flood in a prose poem reminiscent of Walt Whitman by journalist Kultida Samabuddhi.

  10. 60. learning | 17 Oct 2011

    Floods reduce rice supply

    About agriculture

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Rice production likely to fall 7 million tonnes. No export impact, but higher prices for Thai consumers possible.

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