NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Thursday 2 May 2024

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The Constitutional Court yesterday agreed to extend the deadline to May 18 for the Move Forward party to submit its defence against the Election Commission’s  application to the court seeking the party’s dissolution and banning members from politics for ten years. The court had previously scheduled May 3rd but the party asked for a 30-day extension to gather evidence.

 

Extremely hot weather caused a stretch of railway lines to expand and warp out of shape in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, 

Railway engineers managed to cool them down with water and ice to make the tracks safe for use.

 

Chiang Mai will reclaim  the title of the world's most polluted city after being in the top 5 for a week, according to the air quality index application.

Weather affected flight by the national carrier singapore airlines and budget carrier Scoot airline.

Around the region,

In China ,At least 24 people died after part of a highway collapsed due to heavy rains in southern China's Guangdong province.    

A serial of aerial photographs showed wrecked vehicles lying in a deep muddy pit where the highway once ran.

 

WEATHER 

 

Chiang Mai and the north: sunny, 41C

Bangkok:  Sunny, partly cloudy, 38C

Pattaya:  Sunny,  36C

Phuket and the south:  Sunny, partly cloudy 33C

Hua Hin:  Sunny partly cloudy, 36C     

          
AQIYellow to Orange,  moderate to high
Green clear, yellow moderate, Orange High,  Red unhealthy.  

Credits: Bangkok Post, The Nation, Asean Now, Khaosod English,  Hua Hin Today, Royal Coast Review, Kulsawek Sawekwannakorn, Thainewsroom.com, The Pattaya News, Phuket News, Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times. The Irrawaddy. Windy.com. Wunderground.com

 

 

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