1. Home
  2. Update

Thailand: Warning system 'has its failings' - officials admit disaster plans need to improve

Source(s): Bangkok Post - Post Publishing Public Company Limited, the
Upload your content
Photo by Flickr user, Zoriah, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoriah/3138579472/
Photo by Flickr user, Zoriah, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoriah/3138579472/

The National Disaster Warning Centre Centre (NDWC) and other agencies have recently been under strong criticism, after disaster prevention authorities and academics called for a major re-haul of the national disaster early warning system and strengthening of the public's response skills.

"We know the public expects us to do better, but we have many limitations. The centre has only 10 permanent staff. We need support from other agencies to warn the public of natural disasters," said NDWC chief Somsak Khaosuwan to the Bangkok post yesterday.

Attachments

View full story English

Document links last validated on: 16 July 2021

Explore further

Themes Capacity development Early warning Governance Disaster risk management
Country and region Thailand

Please note: Content is displayed as last posted by a PreventionWeb community member or editor. The views expressed therein are not necessarily those of UNDRR, PreventionWeb, or its sponsors. See our terms of use

Is this page useful?

Yes No
Report an issue on this page

Thank you. If you have 2 minutes, we would benefit from additional feedback (link opens in a new window).