Rain storms in Thailand to last until the weekend

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Rain storms in Thailand to last until the weekend

Thailand’s Meteorological Department has issued a bulletin stating that the current heavy rainfall is expected to last until the weekend. The department’s seven-day forecast issued late Monday stated that scattered but heavy rainstorms are expected to lash all regions of the country until Friday.

The bulletin continued by saying from then though to Sunday prevailing monsoon conditions would bring more rain to the eastern and southern regions. The weather is likely to improve from the Northeast up to the far north over the weekend.

Rainstorms over the past week have already resulted in heavy flooding in areas of the country from Chiang Mai down to Bangkok. Rain swollen rivers have turned waterfalls in the North into raging torrents while on Saturday numerous areas of Bangkok were flooded with water up to half-a-metre deep.

12GO ASIA says both the Thai government and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration have held meetings with agendas focusing on the flooding and how to alleviate it. The 12GO news team advises travellers departing on buses, trains or flights to get to their departure locations early.

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