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Heavy rains and flash floods predicted until next Tuesday from ‘Nuri’

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4 weeks ago

13-06-2020

Jack Burton

Heavy rains and flash floods predicted until next Tuesday from ‘Nuri’ | The Thaiger

PHOTOS: Nation Thailand

The Thai Meteorological Department is warning that tropical storm ‘Nuri’ could bring heavy rains and cause flash flooding in at-risk areas across Thailand. A low-pressure system that developed in the Philippine Sea, and was tracked over the central Philippines has moved into the South China Sea, has become a tropical depression.

At 4am today the department officially announced tropical storm Nuri, with maximum sustained winds of about 65 kilometres per hour, was moving northwest at a speed of about 20 kph. The storm is expected to make landfall over south China sometime today or tomorrow. Until June 16 the storm will strengthen, with more rain and isolated heavy to very heavy rains expected in Thailand. People in high-risk areas should prepare for severe conditions.

The effects of the tropical storm will affect Vietnam’s east coast and will have weaker impact across Thailand. But the warnings have been issued to alert regions of the potential for heavy rains and possible flooding.

Here are the areas expected to be affected…

June 13

Northeast:

Nong Khai
Udon Thani
Bung Kan
Sakhon Nakhon
Nakhon Phanom
Mukdahan
Si Sa Ket
Amnat Charoen
Yasothon
Ubon Ratchathani

East:

Nakhon Nayok
Prachin Buri
Chon Buri
Rayong
Chanthaburi
Trat

South:

Ranong
Phangnga
Phuket
Krabi

June 14-15

North:

Chiang Rai
Phayao
Phrae
Nan
Uttaradit
Sukhothai
Tak
Kamphaeng Phet
Phichit
Phetchabun
Northeast:
Loei
Nong Khai
Nong Bua Lam Phu
Udon Thani
Bueng Kan
Sakon Nakhon
Nakhon Phanom
Khon Kaen
Maha Sarakham
Kalasin
Roi Et
Yasothon
Amnat Charoen
Mukdahan
Si Sa Ket
Ubon Ratchathani

Central Region:

Kanchanaburi
Ratchaburi
Uthai Thani
Suphan Buri
Samut Sakhon
Samut Songkhram
Nakhon Prathom
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
Bangkok and vicinity

East:

Nakhon Nayok
Chachoengsao
Prachin Buri
Chon Buri
Rayong
Chanthaburi
Trat

South:

Phetchaburi
Prachuap Khiri Khan
Chumphon
Ranong
Phangnga
Phuket

June 16

North:

Mae Hong Son
Chiang Mai
Chiang Rai
Lamphun
Lampang
Tak
Kamphaeng Phet
Phichit Phetchabun

Northeast:

Loei
Nong Khai
Nong Bua Lam Phu
Udon Thani
Bueng Kan
Sakon Nakhon
Nakhon Phanom

Central Region:

Kanchanaburi
Ratchaburi
Uthai Thani
Suphan Buri
Samut Sakhon
Samut Songkhram
Nakhon Prathom

East:

Rayong
Chanthaburi
Trat

South:

Phetchaburi
Prachuap Khiri Khan
Ranong
Phangnga

Wind and waves over the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand will strengthen. Wave height in the Andaman Sea could reach up to about 2 metres, and above 2 metres in thundershower areas. All ships should proceed with caution.

SOURCE: Chiang Mai One

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Jack Burton is an American writer, broadcaster, linguist and journalist who has lived in Asia since 1987. A native of the state of Georgia, he attended the The University of Georgia's Henry Grady School of Journalism, which hands out journalism's prestigious Peabody Awards. His works have appeared in The China Post, The South China Morning Post, The International Herald Tribune and many magazines throughout Asia and the world. He is fluent in Mandarin and has appeared on television and radio for decades in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.

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