16 provinces warned of flash floods due to depression storm

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16 provinces warned of flash floods due to depression storm

The Meteorological Department Friday warned residents of 16 provinces to brace themselves for heavy rains and possible flash floods at the result of a depression storm in Vietnam.

In its seventh warning issued following the detection of the depression storm in Vietnam, the department said the storm's influence would unleash heavy rains in lower northern provinces, central and northeastern provinces.

Heavy rains and flash flooding could hit Ranong, Phang Nga, Roi Et, Nakhon Ratchasima, Surin, Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom, Udon Thani, Sakon Nakhon, Mukdahan, Amnart Charoen, Kalasin, Yasothon, Ubon Ratchathani, Si Sa Ket, and Buri Ram.


The Nation
25/9/2009

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Day Forecast Description Precip chance
Today
Sep 25

Details Rain
Hi: 80° Lo: 76°
 Day: Rain. High 80F, humidity 80%. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: 8
 95%
Night: Cloudy with showers. Low 76F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.
 95%
Tomorrow
Sep 26

Details Showers
Hi: 83° Lo: 77°
 Day: Cloudy with showers. High 83F, humidity 75%. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: 2
 95%
Night: Cloudy with showers. Low 77F. Winds light.
 95%
Sunday
Sep 27 T-storms
Hi: 84° Lo: 76°
 Slight chance of thunder. High 84F and low 76F. Winds light. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: 1
 95%
Monday
Sep 28 PM Thunderstorms
Hi: 88° Lo: 77°
 Cloudy with drizzle. High 88F and low 77F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: 12
 95%
Tuesday
Sep 29 Cloudy
Hi: 88° Lo: 79°
 Thunder. High 88F and low 79F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: 12
 95%

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Northeast Thailand braces for Ketsana 
Bangkok Post: 29 Sep 2009
www.BangkokPost.com

Isan gets set for Ketsana
Philippines appeals for international help

The Meteorological Department is warning 10 northeastern provinces they will bear the brunt of Typhoon Ketsana, which is moving swiftly towards the coast of Vietnam and is due to hit Thailand tomorrow.

The provinces bracing for severe weather conditions are Amnat Charoen, Buri Ram, Mukdahan, Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Ratchasima, Roi Et, Sakon Nakhon, Si Sa Ket, Surin and Ubon Ratchathani.

The typhoon is moving westward at a speed of 15 kilometres an hour.

"More rain is likely with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall," the Meteorological Department said yesterday.

"People in risk areas along foothills near waterways and in lowland areas should beware of flooding conditions during this period."

Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department chief Anucha Mokkaves said flood relief officials could handle the coming storm and all provincial agencies had been alerted to monitor the situation closely.

The Irrigation Department was also discharging water from its reservoirs to prepare for heavy rains, its director-general Chalit Damrongsak said.

Anont Sanitwong na Ayutthaya, director of the Climate Impact Science and Technology Centre, said Thailand would face heavy rain but not strong winds from Typhoon Ketsana because the storm should ease while it passes over Vietnam and Laos.

Typhoon Ketsana is now moving away from the Philippines after it devastated many parts of the country. The death toll there has reached 140.

The Foreign Ministry deputy spokesman said no Thais living in the Philippines had been affected by the typhoon after it hit Manila.

The Philippines appealed for international help yesterday and warned a new storm could strike this week, with tens of thousands of citizens still displaced from their homes.

At least 32 people were reported missing, and authorities were still trying to verify scores of unconfirmed deaths, including in hard-hit Manila and nearby Rizal province, where there were reports about 99 more people had died, Defence Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said.

Tens of thousands of Philippines residents began a massive clean-up of the carnage left by Typhoon Ketsana, which struck on Saturday, bringing the region's worst flooding in 42 years and triggering deadly landslides.

The extent of the devastation became clearer yesterday with mud-covered communities, cars upended on city streets and huge numbers of villagers without drinking water, food and power.

Since the storm struck, the government has declared a "state of calamity" in metropolitan Manila and 25 storm-hit provinces, allowing officials to use emergency funds for relief and rescue.

The homes of more than 450,000 people were inundated. About 115,000 of them were brought to 200 schools, churches and other evacuation shelters, officials said. Troops, police and volunteers have been able to rescue more than 7,900 people, Mr Teodoro said.

He told a news conference help from foreign governments would ensure the Philippine government could continue its relief work. Government welfare officials have begun focusing on providing food, medicine and other necessities to those in emergency shelters.

President Gloria Arroyo has said Ketsana and the flooding were "an extreme event" that "strained our response capabilities to the limit but ultimately did not break us".

The US has donated US$100,000 (3.3 million baht) and deployed a military helicopter and five rubber boats manned by about 20 American soldiers from the country's south, where they have been providing counter-terrorism training. The United Nations Children's Fund has also provided food and other aid.

Officials expected the death toll to rise as rescuers penetrate villages blocked off by floating cars and debris.

The 42.4cm of rain that swamped metropolitan Manila in just 12 hours on Saturday exceeded the 39.2cm average for all of September, chief government weather forecaster Nathaniel Cruz said.

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Detailed ten-day forecast °F | °C
Day Forecast Description Precip chance
Today
Sep 30

Details Rain
Hi: 74° Lo: 72°
 Day: Rain. High 74F, humidity 90%. Winds NW at 15 to 20 mph. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: 2
 95%
Night: Rain. Low 72F. Winds NW at 15 to 20 mph.
 95%
Tomorrow
Oct 01

Details Showers
Hi: 79° Lo: 73°
 Cloudy with showers. High 79F and low 73F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: 12
 95%
Friday
Oct 02 Scattered Thunderstorms
Hi: 86° Lo: 77°
 Cloudy with drizzle. High 86F and low 77F. Winds light. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: 11
 95%
Saturday
Oct 03 T-storms
Hi: 83° Lo: 77°
 Thunder. High 83F and low 77F. Winds light. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: 12
 95%
Sunday
Oct 04 T-storms
Hi: 84° Lo: 77°
 Drizzle. High 84F and low 77F. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: NA
 95%
Monday
Oct 05 T-storms
Hi: 83° Lo: 78°
 Thunder. High 83F and low 78F. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: NA
 95%
Tuesday
Oct 06 T-storms
Hi: 89° Lo: 76°
 Partly cloudy skies. High 89F and low 76F. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: NA
 25%
Wednesday
Oct 07 Mostly Cloudy
Hi: 85° Lo: 74°
 Partly cloudy skies. High 85F and low 74F. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: NA
 55%
Thursday
Oct 08 Cloudy
Hi: 86° Lo: 75°
 Mostly cloudy skies. High 86F and low 75F. Air Quality: NA, UV Index: NA
 65%

Weather newsDeadly typhoon slams into Vietnam
A powerful typhoon slammed into central Vietnam on Tuesday, killing 32 people and flooding the country's coastline after leaving a trail of death and destruction in the Philippines.

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Thailand issues fourth warning on storm 'Ketsana'
 September 29, 2009 Adjust font size:

Thailand's Meteorological Department on Tuesday warned residents in 18 provinces of heavy rains and flash floods as tropical storm Ketsana is expected to reach the country's northeast region Wednesday.

It was the fourth warning on Ketsana since Sunday.

The department said the typhoon was now over the South China Sea and was centered about 220 km east of Danang, Vietnam or Lat 16.0 oN, Long 109.8 oE with sustained winds of 140 km per hour. The storm is moving west at a speed of 15 km per hour to make landfall over the coast of Vietnam Tuesday.

It said Ketsana is expected to move across Laos ahead to northeast province of Mukdahan by Wednesday.

The department warned that northeastern provinces of Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom, Sakon Nakhon, Mukdahan, Amnat Charoen, Kalasin, Maha Sarakham, Roi Et, Yasothon, Ubon Ratchathani, Sisaket, Surin, Buri Ram, Nakhon Ratchasima, central province of Chanthaburi, eastern provinces of Trat and Ranong, southern province of Phang Nga would be hit by heavy rains.

On Tuesday morning, the Philippine government confirmed a total of 240 people were dead, nearly 40 people were still missing and 1. 87 million affected following devastating floods and landslides in Luzon caused by Ketsana.

[nookiebear]

Has it arrived..........Heavy rain & slight gusts of wind for about the last hour,,,its now 5-50am here in SaKut.

[Admin]

Has it arrived..........Heavy rain & slight gusts of wind for about the last hour,,,its now 5-50am here in SaKut.

you mean SATUK. Right?

and yes,it really heavy raining in the morning,now still have rain but less strong. No floods in this part of the city as well.

[TBWG]

Has it arrived..........Heavy rain & slight gusts of wind for about the last hour,,,its now 5-50am here in SaKut.

you mean SATUK. Right?

and yes,it really heavy raining in the morning,now still have rain but less strong. No floods in this part of the city as well.

There is a Ban SaKut out Korat direction!

TBWG

[nookiebear]

Has it arrived..........Heavy rain & slight gusts of wind for about the last hour,,,its now 5-50am here in SaKut.

you mean SATUK. Right?

and yes,it really heavy raining in the morning,now still have rain but less strong. No floods in this part of the city as well.

No I mean Sakut,which is situated on the Nang Rong-Nong Ki route 24,very close to where the highway police have their almost daily T money collection point!!!

[nookiebear]

Route 24 is down to 1 lane nr Sakut heading for Nang Rong from Nong Ki due to flooding,no doubt the outside lane will be the same shortly!!!!TAKE CARE because it gets quite deep n& has a very strong current!!!

[Lourens]

Route 24 is down to 1 lane nr Sakut heading for Nang Rong from Nong Ki due to flooding,no doubt the outside lane will be the same shortly!!!!TAKE CARE because it gets quite deep n& has a very strong current!!!

Thanks for the info guys. I'll be traveling that road tomorrow.

[nookiebear]

Route 24 is down to 1 lane nr Sakut heading for Nang Rong from Nong Ki due to flooding,no doubt the outside lane will be the same shortly!!!!TAKE CARE because it gets quite deep n& has a very strong current!!!

Thanks for the info guys. I'll be traveling that road tomorrow.

Always pleased to help xx

[urleft]

Typhoon Parma  is hitting the Philippines  , this coming Buriram's way?   

[nookiebear]

Typhoon Parma  is hitting the Philippines  , this coming Buriram's way?   

Wait & see

[nookiebear]

Typhoon Parma  is hitting the Philippines  , this coming Buriram's way?   

It has slowed down quite a bit & will not make landfall until this afternoon