Heavy rain to continue

A motorcyclist passes slowly through floodwater in the On Nut area of Bangkok, on July 21. (File photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya)
A motorcyclist goes by slowly through floodwater in the On Enthusiast area of Bangkok, on July 21. (File photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya)

The particular Meteorological Department forecast is for more heavy rain nationwide into Tuesday.

Chomparee Chompurat, director-general, said on Monday that a monsoon trough over the North as well as the Northeast and the solid monsoon over the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of mexico of Thailand might bring heavy rainfall nationwide.

She advised people be ready for possible runnoff from high landscape, and small motorboats should be kept ashore because seas would be rough.

From Wednesday in order to Saturday the monsoon trough would move to Myanmar and higher Laos and the monsoon would be weaker over the Andaman Sea as well as the Gulf of Thailand.   Heavy rains would continue in the North, the Northeast and the East.