Thailand's North, Northeast And East Warned To Brace For Tropical Storm

[webfact]

North, Northeast and East warned to brace for tropical storm

BANGKOK (NNT) -- The Meteorological Department has warned the public in the Northern, Northeast and Eastern regions to watch out for flash floods caused by tropical storm Mindulle.

At least twenty jewelery and souvenir shops as well as tourist attractions in Wieng Pa Pao district, Chiang Rai province have been damaged by flash floods from Doi Nang Kaew and Lao River. Reportedly, more than 500 homes have also been damaged by water breaching the river banks; hundreds and hundreds of rai of agricultural land have been inundated.

Meanwhile, in Phitsanulok province, torrential rain has caused the Naan River to overflow, forcing those who live on the more than 100 raft-boats to loosen the ropes tying the rafts, in order to avoid damage from the rapidly rising water level that could pull down and sink the boats if they are fastened to the river banks.

Mae Hong Son provincial governor Kamtorn Thawornsatit has warned people residing in danger-prone areas to brace for flash floods and mudslides. In related news, the districts of Muang, Pangma Pa and Pae have also been hit by mudslides, a consequence of days of heavy rain.

This is the second time the Meteorological Department has issued a warning to the public residing in various risk-prone areas such as those residing on the hillsides to take extra precaution against flash floods during the rainy season.

-- NNT 2010-08-24

[webfact]

NW Pacific: Storm Alert issued at 24 Aug, 2010 6:00 GMT

Tropical Storm MINDULLE (06W) is forecast to strike land to the following likelihood(s) at the given lead time(s):

Yellow Alert Country(s) or Province(s)

Vietnam

probability for CAT 1 or above is 30% currently

probability for TS is 85% currently

Laos

probability for TS is 60% currently

Yellow Alert City(s) and Town(s)

Vinh (18.7 N, 105.7 E)

probability for CAT 1 or above is 10% currently

probability for TS is 80% currently

Note that

Yellow Alert (Elevated) is CAT 1 or above to between 10% and 30% probability, or TS to above 50% probability.

CAT 1 means Typhoon strength winds of at least 74 mph, 119 km/h or 64 knots 1-min sustained.

TS means Tropical Storm strength winds of at least 39 mph, 63 km/h or 34 knots 1-min sustained.

-- tropicalstormrisk.com

[Jimi007]

Here is the water vapor satellite photo:

[silverhawk_usa]

I have been watching this storm steadily creep West/N.W. the last couple days in Google Earth. It looks like it is about here.........:jap:

[IvanDobsky]

nothing but light rain here in Nan

the river is kind of low as well, hope all is well downstream

[LaoPo]

Tropical Storm Mundille will hardly even touch Thailand and not much to "brace" for:

http://www.wundergro...ire=0&ft=0&sl=0

LaoPo

[silverhawk_usa]

Tropical Storm Mundille will hardly even touch Thailand and not much to "brace" for:

http://www.wundergro...ire=0&ft=0&sl=0

LaoPo

Really?

Warning

"Tropical Storm Mindulle"

No. 6 Time Issued : August 24, 2010

At 4.00 p.m. today, tropical storm "Mindulle" in the Gulf of Tonkin was centered about 200 km northeastward of Nakhon Phanom, Thailand or latitude 18.7 oN longitude 106.0 oE with maximum sustained wind of 95 km/hr. The storm is expected to move west-northwest about 15 km/hr and make landfall over Vinh, Vietnam tonight (24 Aug 2010). Torrential rain with heavy falls in many places over upper Thailand especially in the North and the upper Northeast. It has affected to the Northeast at first and then to the North. People along hill slope and waterways of the North, Northeast are warned of possible flash flood during this period. The advisory is in effect for Thailand from 24 August 2010

Issued at 4.30 p.m.

Weather Forecast Bureau, Meteorological Department

Ministry of Information and Communication Technology

I am sure we are not going to have a tropical storm, but the low pressure areas around it and abundance of moisture is obviously a serious concern for many.

Edit: I should have been more specific in my original post and stated "it looks like the residual effects are about here".

Edited August 24, 2010 by silverhawk_usa

[webfact]

Floods spread as Mindulle nears

By The Nation

Flooding has spread to many parts of the country as a tropical storm moves closer to Thailand.

Mindulle was approaching Vietnam as of press time.

Under the influence of this storm, heavy rain poured down in Thailand's Upper Northeast yesterday. In Sakon Nakhon, floodwater rose so high more than 900 prisoners had to vacate the first floor of their facility and crammed into the second floor only and lost access to their toilets.

The weather bureau has warned Mindulle will bring heavy rain to both the North and Northeast. People living along watercourses at the foot of mountains were warned to brace for possible flash floods.

In Sukhothai in the North, the overflowing Yom River flooded more than 500 rai of paddy fields and over 100 houses. Locals had to move their belongings to higher ground and were on alert around the clock.

Deputy head of the Royal Irrigation Department Weera Wongsaengnak said he had instructed all project chiefs to consider releasing water from dams to ensure dams can accommodate rain and run-off from higher ground.

"The water discharge done carefully so it doesn't affect people down river."

He said RID officials had machines, tools and pumps ready to help affected people in the event of flooding.

Water Resources chief Kasemsan Jinnawaso said his department had installed early-warning systems at 1,011 sites and they could sound sirens when risks were detected.

Asked about a report that the early-warning system failed to alert people in Lampang, Kasemsan said the flooding there took place outside the working range of the system.

The department hopes to complete its plan to install the early-warning system in 2,370 villages next year.

-- The Nation 2010-08-25

[rodcourt49]

..this is a very good link for all types of global weather and gives updates each 30 minutes, (Courtesy of Air Force Weather, USA)

http://en.allmetsat.com/images/afwa_igms_ir.php

[crusty]

I have been watching this storm steadily creep West/N.W. the last couple days in Google Earth. It looks like it is about here.........:jap:

And not a thing heard from thr Green Loonies and climate change yobbo's who 6 months ago were bemoaning Thailand's droughts

Edited August 25, 2010 by crusty

[jfk]

Floods spread as Mindulle nears

By The Nation

Flooding has spread to many parts of the country as a tropical storm moves closer to Thailand.

Mindulle was approaching Vietnam as of press time.

Under the influence of this storm, heavy rain poured down in Thailand's Upper Northeast yesterday. In Sakon Nakhon, floodwater rose so high more than 900 prisoners had to vacate the first floor of their facility and crammed into the second floor only and lost access to their toilets.

The weather bureau has warned Mindulle will bring heavy rain to both the North and Northeast. People living along watercourses at the foot of mountains were warned to brace for possible flash floods.

In Sukhothai in the North, the overflowing Yom River flooded more than 500 rai of paddy fields and over 100 houses. Locals had to move their belongings to higher ground and were on alert around the clock.

Deputy head of the Royal Irrigation Department Weera Wongsaengnak said he had instructed all project chiefs to consider releasing water from dams to ensure dams can accommodate rain and run-off from higher ground.

"The water discharge done carefully so it doesn't affect people down river."

He said RID officials had machines, tools and pumps ready to help affected people in the event of flooding.

Water Resources chief Kasemsan Jinnawaso said his department had installed early-warning systems at 1,011 sites and they could sound sirens when risks were detected.

Asked about a report that the early-warning system failed to alert people in Lampang, Kasemsan said the flooding there took place outside the working range of the system.

The department hopes to complete its plan to install the early-warning system in 2,370 villages next year.

-- The Nation 2010-08-25

hi, I live in uttaradit and 2-3 years ago we had hundreds of families displaced and at least 60 dead. Last year after the rainy season had ended they put up the tower ????? yesterday! they put an aerial on it to receive the warning signals 3 years after it was installed. the pu yai has been using it as his personal tannoy system from promoting businesses and getting kick backs. he was instructed to use it only in emergencies now because he uses it all the time i will bet that when he calls out a warning people will just switch off. i,m not even sure its connected to the other towers.

this was an idea created so some business man could make money and a politician to get a kick back. close the gate after the cow has already left.

[poldebol]

I have been watching this storm steadily creep West/N.W. the last couple days in Google Earth. It looks like it is about here.........:jap:

And not a thing heard from thr Green Loonies and climate change yobbo's who 6 months ago were bemoaning Thailand's droughts

But how nice, we hear from you!

Droughts and rainfall are getting more intense, not only six months ago.

[RPCVguy]

I have been watching this storm steadily creep West/N.W. the last couple days in Google Earth. It looks like it is about here.........:jap:

And not a thing heard from thr Green Loonies and climate change yobbo's who 6 months ago were bemoaning Thailand's droughts

Ahh, wouldn't want to disappoint you Crusty. The El Nino that generates rains for California and hot dry weather from here to Australia is a cyclical pattern. It was forecast to and has indeed been breaking up since early August. (see time lapse graphic at http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/) Don't think any equatorial region lives long with the strong sun unless there are sufficient forests to protect the soils from baking dry in the dry seasons or eroding off during rains. Thailand is "developing" faster... i.e. removing the forests faster than nearby lands. the result is a greater effect of drought during the Dec - April months and a greater likelihood of flooding during the monsoons. (On average each foot of forest topsoil can soak up a full 4 inches of water - to be released over time and cleanly in the dry months... and that doesn't even account for the deep waters trees access during dry seasons and use to cool their environments.)

The foolishness of polluting and destabilizing the huge planetary systems we and all life forms have enjoyed for thousands of years - so as to reap short term wealth for a few by accessing the deposits of fossil fuels generated over a hundred million years... that foolishness will become apparent all too soon. May karma be sufficient to grant you the length of life to see the mistake and the costs thereof.

Meanwhile I will strive often to mitigate global damage myself and by educating those who'll listen to cast a smaller carbon footprint ... and vote out those who believe as you expressed above.

[yellow1red1]

the cloud seeding worked good then!?

[GuyLakeman]

I have been watching this storm steadily creep West/N.W. the last couple days in Google Earth. It looks like it is about here.........:jap:

And not a thing heard from thr Green Loonies and climate change yobbo's who 6 months ago were bemoaning Thailand's droughts

Ahh, wouldn't want to disappoint you Crusty. The El Nino that generates rains for California and hot dry weather from here to Australia is a cyclical pattern. It was forecast to and has indeed been breaking up since early August. (see time lapse graphic at http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/) Don't think any equatorial region lives long with the strong sun unless there are sufficient forests to protect the soils from baking dry in the dry seasons or eroding off during rains. Thailand is "developing" faster... i.e. removing the forests faster than nearby lands. the result is a greater effect of drought during the Dec - April months and a greater likelihood of flooding during the monsoons. (On average each foot of forest topsoil can soak up a full 4 inches of water - to be released over time and cleanly in the dry months... and that doesn't even account for the deep waters trees access during dry seasons and use to cool their environments.)

The foolishness of polluting and destabilizing the huge planetary systems we and all life forms have enjoyed for thousands of years - so as to reap short term wealth for a few by accessing the deposits of fossil fuels generated over a hundred million years... that foolishness will become apparent all too soon. May karma be sufficient to grant you the length of life to see the mistake and the costs thereof.

Meanwhile I will strive often to mitigate global damage myself and by educating those who'll listen to cast a smaller carbon footprint ... and vote out those who believe as you expressed above.

AGREE WITH YOU RPCVguy

since the start of the industrial revolution the greed to remove carbon that was locked away by nature has now creted a threat to life in general

due to greed and hoarding ... the great destroyers

G

[arthurriding]

I have been watching this storm steadily creep West/N.W. the last couple days in Google Earth. It looks like it is about here.........:jap:

And not a thing heard from thr Green Loonies and climate change yobbo's who 6 months ago were bemoaning Thailand's droughts

Ahh, wouldn't want to disappoint you Crusty. The El Nino that generates rains for California and hot dry weather from here to Australia is a cyclical pattern. It was forecast to and has indeed been breaking up since early August. (see time lapse graphic at http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/) Don't think any equatorial region lives long with the strong sun unless there are sufficient forests to protect the soils from baking dry in the dry seasons or eroding off during rains. Thailand is "developing" faster... i.e. removing the forests faster than nearby lands. the result is a greater effect of drought during the Dec - April months and a greater likelihood of flooding during the monsoons. (On average each foot of forest topsoil can soak up a full 4 inches of water - to be released over time and cleanly in the dry months... and that doesn't even account for the deep waters trees access during dry seasons and use to cool their environments.)

The foolishness of polluting and destabilizing the huge planetary systems we and all life forms have enjoyed for thousands of years - so as to reap short term wealth for a few by accessing the deposits of fossil fuels generated over a hundred million years... that foolishness will become apparent all too soon. May karma be sufficient to grant you the length of life to see the mistake and the costs thereof.

Meanwhile I will strive often to mitigate global damage myself and by educating those who'll listen to cast a smaller carbon footprint ... and vote out those who believe as you expressed above.

AGREE WITH YOU RPCVguy

since the start of the industrial revolution the greed to remove carbon that was locked away by nature has now creted a threat to life in general

due to greed and hoarding ... the great destroyers

G

Well done Guy & RPCVguy, spot on. One gets so fed up with the real loonies in this world, the sort of complete idiots who go around calling other people 'green loonies' and such like. Obviously their brains have either been addled over the years or are just completely senile. The anti-climate change moaners who keep trying to pathetically claim that climate change is all part of a 'natural process' have had EVERY single one of their miserable little arguments blown completely out of the water. They have not one significant fact supporting their argument that climate change is entirely natural and nothing to do with mans' actions in destroying the environment and they then have the bare faced cheek to call those of us with some brain cells as 'loonies'! Grotesque really.

Edited August 25, 2010 by arthurriding

[neilf]

nothing but light rain here in Nan

the river is kind of low as well, hope all is well downstream

pattaya calling

pattaya caling

cold beer and hot women here

[RickBradford]

Whether it's wet or dry, hot or cold, the ice caps melt, or expand -- whatever happens -- the AGW theorists claim it confirms their theory. A perfect example of a pseudo-science similar to astrology.

AGW is not science at all, because a scientific theory makes non-obvious predictions which are then compared with observations that the average person can check. AGW mumbo-jumbo has spectacularly failed to do this. The theory has predicted steadily increasing global temperatures, and this has been refuted by experience.

They are simply medieval mystics, palm readers and fortune tellers, in both method and intent.

As Cardinal George Pell said in 2006:

"In the past, pagans sacrificed animals and even humans in vain attempts to placate capricious and cruel gods. Today they demand a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions...."

[sageisreal]

Whether it's wet or dry, hot or cold, the ice caps melt, or expand -- whatever happens -- the AGW theorists claim it confirms their theory. A perfect example of a pseudo-science similar to astrology.

AGW is not science at all, because a scientific theory makes non-obvious predictions which are then compared with observations that the average person can check. AGW mumbo-jumbo has spectacularly failed to do this. The theory has predicted steadily increasing global temperatures, and this has been refuted by experience.

They are simply medieval mystics, palm readers and fortune tellers, in both method and intent.

As Cardinal George Pell said in 2006:

"In the past, pagans sacrificed animals and even humans in vain attempts to placate capricious and cruel gods. Today they demand a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions...."

Pell is a religious nutcase , that is not a very good source

[RickBradford]

When you say 'nutcase', do you mean because he believes in God?

Other religious 'nutcases' include Newton, Galileo, Descartes, Copernicus, Planck, and, in his own idiosyncratic way, Einstein.

[AjarnMartin]

What's the point of issuing flood warnings without identifying the provinces affected? Where to we find this information?

[alant]

the cloud seeding worked good then!?

[LaoPo]

Tropical Storm Mundille will hardly even touch Thailand and not much to "brace" for:

http://www.wundergro...ire=0&ft=0&sl=0

LaoPo

Really?

So...what happened to Tropical storm Mundille ?

Did she rage over Thailand ?

I can't find anything about her anymore.

LaoPo

[kimincm]

When you say 'nutcase', do you mean because he believes in God?

Other religious 'nutcases' include Newton, Galileo, Descartes, Copernicus, Planck, and, in his own idiosyncratic way, Einstein.

While we are digressing from the cyclone topic and broaching religious nutcases.I read this and found it an interesting idea.

Albert Einstein Quotes on Philosophy of Religion, Theology, God

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description. If there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism. (Albert Einstein)

I'M NOT SURE IF HE WAS CLEVER ENOUGH TO BE BELIEVABLE,what do you think??

[webfact]

Related topic

Braving flash floods

Tropical storm Mindulle,which brought heavy rain and flooding to the North, East and Northeast, was downgraded to a series of low pressure ridges over the Northern region last night - but downpours, floods and landslides continue in many provinces.

Follow this link:

[Brian67]

the cloud seeding worked good then!?

I only hope it don't work as good as it did recently in Pakistan