BANGKOK, Thailand – The government is preparing to use about 4 billion baht remaining in the central budget for flood relief and compensation nationwide, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced after the September 29 Cabinet meeting. Funding will be distributed according to established criteri»»»

BANGKOK – The intense rainfall over Bangkok and surrounding provinces – widely described in Thai media as a “rain bomb” – , but deep flooding remains in several communities and has renewed scrutiny of the government’s disaster-warning and water-management systems. The flooding has drawn criticism o»»»