‘Mun’ makes landfall as heavy rains head towards Thailand’s northern provinces
In a special warning issued at 5am this morning (Thursday), the department says the storm was over the Gulf of Tonkin at 4am and heading for upper Vietnam, 65 kilometres southeast of Hanoi, at a latitude 20.7 degree north and longitude 106.4 degree east with maximum sustained winds about 65 kmh.
The storm is moving northwest at a speed 15 kmh and is expected to be downgraded to a tropical depression and low pressure system shortly after it makes landfall and starts trekking west towards Laos and Thailand’s north.
The department said the influence of the storm is expected to result in torrential rains with strong winds over Thailand, especially in the North, the Northeast, the Central and the East regions as follows
4 July 2019
North: Nan, Uttaradit, Phitsanulok, Phetchabun and Tak
North East: Loei, Nong Bua Lamphu, Udon Thani, Nong Khai, Bueng Kan, Nakhon Phanom, Sakon Nakhon, Khon Kaen Chaiyaphum and Nakhon Ratchasima
Central: Ratchaburi, Kanchanaburi, Lop Buri and Saraburi
East: Nakhon Nayok, Prachin Buri, Chanthaburi and Trat
