PUBLISHED: 18 Sep 2024 at 14: 20
Heavy rainfall and large waves are expected to cover the entire nation from Thursday through Monday, brought on by the country’s annual rain and a developing tropical storm that is expected to hit Vietnam on Friday.
Kornrawee Sitthichivapak, director-general of the Meteorological Department, said on Wednesday that large storms and strong winds were forecast for the North, Northeast, Central Plain including Greater Bangkok, the East and South from Sept 19 to 23.
Therefore, there could be drainage and display floods on sloping and low-lying ground, and near waters, she said.
At 10am on Wednesday, a melancholy located over the lower South China Sea, about 550 kilometers west of Da Nang, was bringing the weather.
According to Ms. Kornrawee, the depression’s center was moving westward and was possible to become a tropical cyclone at 55 kilometers per hour. It would make its way to central Vietnam on Friday or Saturday, and then eventually diminish.
The Andaman Sea, the South, and the Gulf of Thailand did experience heavy weather from a rain, according to Ms. Kornrawee’s additional statement.
In the Andaman Sea and the lower region of the Gulf, waves may be two to four meters high, and in the lower region of the sea, they could be two to four meters high.
Boats should keep offshore in the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand during this time.
Prior to the storm’s appearance in Vietnam, the Royal Irrigation Department announced on Wednesday that it would eventually increase the rate of release from the Chao Phraya storm in Chai Nat state, from 1, 099 to 1, 500 cubic meters per second.
In the Chao Phraya River valley, 11 counties ‘ waters were projected to increase by 60 to 100 centimeters. They are:  , Ang Thong, Ayutthaya, Bangkok, Chai Nat, Lop Buri, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan, Sing Buri, Suphan Buri and Uthai Thani.