Nakhon Si Thammarat starts mass evacuation of people in six coastal districts

 

 

Mass evacuation has been ordered for people living in six coastal districts of Nakhon Si Thammarat where powerful tropical storm Pa Buk was predicted to make landfall tomorrow night.

 

Governor Chamroen Thippayapongthada said the evacuation must be completed tonight as 190 temporary shelters have been hurriedly set up with a combined capacity to accommodate more than 86,000 people.

 

Four deputy governors have been dispatched to the coastal districts to oversee the evacuation and to coordinate with officials from various agencies to ensure smooth preparations to cope with the intense tropical storm.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/nakhon-si-thammarat-starts-mass-evacuation-of-people-in-six-coastal-districts/

 

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Noticed a NST school/uni has chipped in helping the families that may be affected;  they have provided housing relief... Actually, amazed at the insightful thinking of that school?  Santa Claus lives...

Weather bureau confirms Pa Buk to hit Nakhon Si Thammarat tonight

 

 

The Meteorological Department issued an announcement this morning confirming that tropical storm Pa Buk packed with 75 kph wind at its centre would make landfall in Nakhon Si Thammarat province tonight.

 

The department director-general Phuwiang Prakhammin said that the major tropical storm was located at about 200 kms to the southwest of Nakhon Si Thammarat at about 4 am today and is moving westward slightly to the north at a speed of 25 kph.

 

The storm is expected to make a landfall in Nakhon Si Thammarat tonight and this will cause widespread heavy up to very heavy rain which may result in flash flood, he said but did not give the specific location that the storm will land.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/weather-bureau-confirms-pa-buk-to-hit-nakhon-si-thammarat-tonight/

 

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