The Meteorological Department has warned of the risk of flooding in Bangkok on account of torrential rainfall forecast for this week. The capital has been experiencing moist weather for three weeks in a row now, meaning the water degree in jap Bangkok canals is already excessive. Unauthorized , Aswin Kwanmuang, says water pumps need to be deployed to empty the canals, and rubbish and weeds need to be eliminated to enhance drainage.
The Bangkok Post stories that further water pumps have been fitted in areas susceptible to flooding and the capital’s flood response centre is now operational 24 hours a day to make sure a swift response in the event of flooding. According to the report, there have been some incidents of flooding reported within the capital final night time.
Unexplored -pressure area in the South China Sea is now accelerating and anticipated to become a tropical cyclone because it approaches the coast of Vietnam, according to the Meteorological Department. Heavy rain is forecast for all elements of Thailand from at present till Friday. The department says coastal areas may see waves as excessive as 2 metres throughout thundershowers, because of a monsoon trough within the lower North, Central Plains, and the East, as properly as the southwest monsoon in the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand regions..