Phuket Governor orders officials on alert as weather warning issued for Southern Thailand

Phuket Governor orders officials on alert as weather warning issued for Southern Thailand

By The Phuket News

The warning came as heavy weather is expected to lash the Southern Thailand’s east coast on the Gulf of Thailand. Image: Phuket Met

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana has ordered officials to be prepared for any situations arising from heavy weather following the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) today issuing a warning for all of Southern Thailand as storms are expected to lash the east coast of the peninsular on the Gulf of Thailand over the next two days.

The TMD warning issued at 11am today (Oct 17) explained that the storm conditions were being brought to Southern Thailand’s Gulf coast by an easterly wind, likely to bring heavy downpours today through Saturday (Oct 17-19).

The warning noted that torrential rainfalls were possible throughout Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Phatthalung, Songkhla, Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat as well as Ranong, Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi, Trang and Satun.

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