People along rivers in 24 provinces warned to brace for flooding as Noul approaches

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People along rivers in 24 provinces warned to brace for flooding as Noul approaches

 

 

Riverside residents in 24 northern and northeastern provinces of Thailand have been warned to brace for flash floods or runoffs as tropical storm Noul, currently a Category 3 storm likely to become Category 5 or a typhoon, is forecast to shower the regions with rainfall of between 150-200mm from tomorrow until Sunday.

 

Mr. Samroeng Saengphuwong, Deputy Secretary-General of the National Water Resources Office (NWRO) and Secretary of the National Water Directorate, said today that four regional offices of the NWRO have been instructed to notify the provinces at risk of flooding to take precautions and to inform the people there in advance.

 

The Royal Irrigation Department, for instance, has taken steps on water management at dams and reservoirs in the Northeast, which is expected to be hit first by Noul, by discharging water to make room to store water brought by the storm.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/people-along-rivers-in-24-provinces-warned-to-brace-for-flooding-as-noul-approaches/

 

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[JimHuaHin]

It is still only a tropical storm, as of Friday morning:

 

https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/western-pacific/2020/tropical-storm-noul

 

https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/west-pacific/noul-2020

 

https://www.cyclocane.com/noul-storm-tracker/

[Toany]

2 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

W-T-F!  There was a report the other day dams are only at 48%!  What brainiac is ordering the discharge of stored water now??? 

passak Chonlacid is at 7%.  They have none to discharge

Edited September 18, 2020 by Toany

[holy cow cm]

Sure is a global warming year.

[black tabby]

Further impact to corner the current regime.

Struggling inbound tourism with 10 million people turned destitute.

Mounting anti government sentiment fueled by that.

And now, incoming huge flood nationwide.
 

[DrTuner]

Ok, so they are trying to scaremonger the protestors to stay home. It's not even Cat 1.

Edited September 18, 2020 by DrTuner

[metisdead]

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