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April 29th, 2006, 17:04
Cyclone Mala hits Myanmar, north and west Thailand
BANGKOK: -- Thailand's Meteorological Department warned local residents in eight northern and western provinces to brace for heavy downpours and possible flash floods due to tropical cyclone Mala, as it moves into Thailand from Myanmar.
At 7am Saturday the cyclone, with maximum wind speeds of 140 kph, was some 500 kilometres southwest of Thailand's northern province of Mae Hong Son.
Cyclone Mala was moving northeastward at 18 kph and was expected to make landfall on the Myanmar coast Saturday afternoon.
The department said flash floods are forecast in Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai, Tak, Chiang Mai, Lampang, Udon Thani, Kanchanaburi, and Ratchaburi.
Two to three-metre high waves are expected in the Andaman sea and the Gulf of Thailand.
Meteorological Department director general Suparerk Tansriratanawong warned that some districts in Chiang Mai will be hardest hit with heavy rainfall. However, he said, the mountaineous terrains in west Thailand will weaken the cyclone to reduce its impact Sunday.
However, residents in mountainous areas should be alert to heavy rain and the possibility of flash floods.
--TNA 2006-04-29
Chiang Mai on full alert for impacts from "Mala" storm
CHIANG MAI: -- The governor of this northern city Saturday ordered provincial officials to be on full alert for possible flash floods expected to be caused by torrential rains due to the influence of Mala tropical storm.
The northern office of the Meteorological Department announced that at 4 am on Saturday the storm was moving at the speed of 18 kilometres per hour and its maximum wind speed near the centre was about 140 kilometre per hour. It was about 300 kilometres east of Rangoon in the Bengal Bay and expected to move ashore in the afternoon.
The office warned that influence of the storm would lead to torrential rains in several northern provinces, including the western part of Tak, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai and Lampang.
Chiang Mai Governor Suwat Tantipat ordered provincial officials to be on alert on the 24-hour basis to provide immediate help to people who may be affected by flash floods.
-- The Nation 2006-04-29
BANGKOK: -- Thailand's Meteorological Department warned local residents in eight northern and western provinces to brace for heavy downpours and possible flash floods due to tropical cyclone Mala, as it moves into Thailand from Myanmar.
At 7am Saturday the cyclone, with maximum wind speeds of 140 kph, was some 500 kilometres southwest of Thailand's northern province of Mae Hong Son.
Cyclone Mala was moving northeastward at 18 kph and was expected to make landfall on the Myanmar coast Saturday afternoon.
The department said flash floods are forecast in Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai, Tak, Chiang Mai, Lampang, Udon Thani, Kanchanaburi, and Ratchaburi.
Two to three-metre high waves are expected in the Andaman sea and the Gulf of Thailand.
Meteorological Department director general Suparerk Tansriratanawong warned that some districts in Chiang Mai will be hardest hit with heavy rainfall. However, he said, the mountaineous terrains in west Thailand will weaken the cyclone to reduce its impact Sunday.
However, residents in mountainous areas should be alert to heavy rain and the possibility of flash floods.
--TNA 2006-04-29
Chiang Mai on full alert for impacts from "Mala" storm
CHIANG MAI: -- The governor of this northern city Saturday ordered provincial officials to be on full alert for possible flash floods expected to be caused by torrential rains due to the influence of Mala tropical storm.
The northern office of the Meteorological Department announced that at 4 am on Saturday the storm was moving at the speed of 18 kilometres per hour and its maximum wind speed near the centre was about 140 kilometre per hour. It was about 300 kilometres east of Rangoon in the Bengal Bay and expected to move ashore in the afternoon.
The office warned that influence of the storm would lead to torrential rains in several northern provinces, including the western part of Tak, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai and Lampang.
Chiang Mai Governor Suwat Tantipat ordered provincial officials to be on alert on the 24-hour basis to provide immediate help to people who may be affected by flash floods.
-- The Nation 2006-04-29