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Protect the Environment, Fight Severe Disasters
Floods, floods, earthquakes, fires, landslides, and numerous epidemics are becoming more severe each year.
In Thailand, this year, natural disasters have been experienced across the country, including the North, Central, Northeast, and South.
Recently, the South, particularly Hat Yai in Songkhla Province, experienced severe flooding in the basin. Houses, buildings, and cars parked on public roads were inundated with water, reaching depths of up to three meters. Even single-story homes were completely submerged. This year, flooding has been more severe than ever, due to numerous storms and months of continuous heavy rain.
Most villagers lack food, water, clothing, medicine, and communications disruptions due to the rapid and intense flooding. No one was able to prepare in time.
Furthermore, flooding has spread to other areas in the South, including 10 provinces, including Narathiwat, Satun, Pattani, and others.
In fact, flooding and inundation occur every year. However, the Center for Disaster Monitoring and Prevention (CDC) has been a major disaster agency, having experienced severe flooding since the tsunami that hit the South. COVID-19 has been a lesson for Thais for decades. There has been no continuous development. National leaders, local administrators, community leaders, and relevant agencies must be swift in addressing the issue seriously, as disasters will occur rapidly and become more severe.
Using digital innovations, satellite, broadcast, cellular, social media, and traditional media must be integrated, such as beating drums, knocking on wood, beating gongs, drums, whistles, and flags, to develop a sustainable protection and assistance system for the people.
This includes training citizens to be prepared. Every home and family must have a survival kit containing dried food, water, medicine, blankets, and power banks. In the event of a disaster, every household must have a supply kit to help themselves and their families. This kit is ready to sustainably cope with the ever-changing global climate and all forms of disaster.
It's time for humanity to stop destroying the environment, mountains, forests, trees, water sources, soil, air, and water, and to seriously reduce pollution so that humans and nature can coexist happily.
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