Tropical storm Vibha causes heavy rain in Thailand

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

BANGKOK, 2nd August 2019 (NNT) - Tropical storm Vibha is expected to make landfall soon in northern Vietnam. Although the storm itself won’t prevail directly over Thailand, it has brought heavy rains to some parts, especially in northeastern and northern regions.

 

Nan City Municipality has installed more water pumps at Satri Si Nan School to cope with rain which is expected to continue over the next two days. The authorities earlier excavated canals to ensure drainage capacity, and examined the condition of drainage gates in the municipality area for their operational preparedness.

 

Water allocation officials for hydroelectric dams in the upper Nan River Basin area have raised five water gates at Thong Noi dam, maximizing drainage capacity into Sirikit Dam and preventing the overflow of rivers into surrounding communities.

 

In Bueng Kan, rain has fallen continuously in all eight districts of the province, raising water levels in the Mekong river which is now measured at 3.5 metes at Ban Pan Lam village, Muang Bueng Kan district. The higher water level benefits operators of cargo ships and passenger ferries between Thailand and Laos, enabling accurate and safer navigation.

 

In Chanthaburi, strong winds have been reported following the passage of tropical storm Vibha. Some trees and billboards have been brought down, and have caused damage to houses, blocked some roads, and caused power outages in several areas. The wind has also caused many durian trees in local farms to topple.

 

Some 20 houses in Moo 9, Ban Pak Nam Kam Moo village in Tha Mai district, Chanthaburi province, have had their roofs, walls, and trees damaged. Affected residents have reported the damage to Ta Kad Ngao subdistrict administrative organization to receive a formal damage survey.

 

In Trat, personnel from local authorities have cleaned up debris and fallen trees at Wat Khiri Wihan Temple in Muang Trat district. Among the fallen trees are some large ones up to 100 years old. The heavy weather also caused damage to buildings inside the temple compound. Some utility poles were also felled, requiring the electricity supply to be cut off temporarily for the safety of recovery operations. Many houses nearby in Moo 1, Takang subdistrict and other districts were damaged, and are now to be formally examined by related agencies.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2019-08-03

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27 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

especially in northeastern

 

Not in my part. SSDD.????

Phuket got an official weather warning because of this storm.............nothing happened. No high winds and no (much needed) rain.

while these storms are still far away and anything can happen, we still have two more on deck. at least two more weeks until they play out.

 

 

latest projection puts the low pressure area in Laos tomorrow, and the storm now:

 

rain is now on the edge of radar. still too far north.

 

3 hours ago, khwaibah said:

 

Not in my part. SSDD.????

Not in mine , Sawang Daen Din , Sakon Nakhon province .

No rain since two  , maybe three days ...

Beung Khan is less than 200 km from here...

Strong winds but no rain in Buriram

5 minutes ago, Blue bruce said:

Strong winds but no rain in Buriram

It occasionally spits in Prasat/Surin

1 hour ago, soalbundy said:

It occasionally spits in Prasat/Surin

Where I am in Prasat we had light to medium rain for at least 3 hours . Looking at the charts from NCC1701A we are a long way from any big rain it seems but you never know .

5 hours ago, khwaibah said:

 

Not in my part. SSDD.????

nor mine , 60 km due North of UT