Urgent nation-wide warning to brace for heavy rains from storm Kajiki

By The Nation

 

 

The Meteorological Department on Wednesday issued an urgent warning for residents of many provinces to brace themselves for heavy rains to be unleashed by the influence of category 2 tropical storm Kajiki.

 

In the warning issued at 5am, the department said the storm over the South China Sea was centred at latitude 17.5 degrees north, longitude 109.3 degrees east. With its maximum sustained wind of 55 km/hr, the storm was slowly moving in a north to northeasterly direction. Isolated heavy rains are forecast, especially for the Northeast and the East.

 

The department said heavy rains could lead to flash flooding and water runoff and travellers should monitor weather updates.

 

Affected areas are as following:

 

North: Nan, Phrae, Uttaradit, Phitsanulok, Phetchabun and Tak

 

Northeast: Bueng Kan, Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, Yasothon, Roi Et, Maha Sarakham, Kalasin, Amnat Charoen, Si Sa Ket and Ubon Ratchathani.

 

Central: Ratchaburi, Kanchanaburi, Lop Buri and Saraburi.

 

East: Nakhon Nayok, Prachin Buri, Sa Kaeo, Chanthaburi and Trat.

 

South: Ranong, Phang Nga and Phuket.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30375813

 

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION 16W (KAJIKI), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 79 NM NORTHWEST OF DA NANG, VIETNAM, HAS TRACKED NORTHWARD AT 07 KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. THIS IS THE FINAL WARNING ON THIS SYSTEM BY THE JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI. THE SYSTEM WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF REGENERATION.

 

 

If I read this right, Chiang Mai will get spared. 

Raining most of this am here in Pattaya.....welcome

Bummer no CM. 

Roi Et doesn't have any more room for additional rain. We are water logged now! 

2 hours ago, neeray said:

If I read this right, Chiang Mai will get spared. 

Yes as the storm over the next 3 days will track east and pass under Taiwan before dissipating to rain. Just Thais cant read a weather radar for more than 24 hours.

10 hours ago, Longcut said:

Roi Et doesn't have any more room for additional rain. We are water logged now! 

You received more than 500 mm of rain in a week. That's no joke. That means widespread severe floods.

8 hours ago, legend49 said:

Yes as the storm over the next 3 days will track east and pass under Taiwan before dissipating to rain. Just Thais cant read a weather radar for more than 24 hours.

Yes, it's moving away. There should be less rain in the coming days.

Moving northeasterly... that's good!

1 minute ago, hotchilli said:

Moving northeasterly... that's good!

Ahhh...so it's your fault it's raining in Udon.