24 Chiang Mai District Declared Cold-spell Disaster Zone

24 Chiang Mai district declared cold-spell disaster zone

CHIANG MAI: -- The Chiang Mai provincial administration has declared its 24 district cold-spell disaster zone, a senior government official said.

Prajon Pratsakul, chief of Chiang Mai Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office, said the disaster zone was declared on Dec 1 after the districts were under 15 Celsius degree for three consecutive days.

He said the provincial administration is seeing Bt2.5 million from the government to provide urgent help to local people who need about 100,000 blankets.

He said over 100,000 blankets had been distributed to the poor people in the province.

The chief disaster mitigation office added that the temperature at the mountain tops in the province remained between 5 to 9 degrees for several days.

-- The Nation 2008-12-06