Thailand hit with heavy rains from Tropical Storm Nari

Thailands Moonsoon Season full speed ahead!

Heavy rains started pounding Thailand around 9PM local time last night and continued into the morning as Tropical Storm Nari made landfall in Vietnam. 

 

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MCOT online news reports up to 80-90 mm of rain in some areas, here is the article.

BANGKOK, Oct 16 - Bangkok was hit by a drenching downpour early this morning with rain averaging 80-90 millimetres, and Min Buri as well as Khlong Sam Wa were also heavily hit with 90 millimetres of rain, all part of the last performance of Typhoon Nari which brought disruption and destruction across east Asia.

Some areas of the Thai capital were flooded this morning due to the slow drainage of rainwater. The authorities have sped up drainage works to lower the water level in Khlong San Saeb to create spare capacity for draining water.

Now only a low pressure cell bringing abundant rain to a broad landscape that needs no more, the remains of Typhoon Nari has lost its storm power but now stretches across Thailand's northeast and east still more rain.

Today and tomorrow more rain and isolated heavy rain is expected along with winds over the Northeast and the East, not only at Mukdahan, Amnat Charoen, and Ubon Ratchathani as earlier reported by the weather agency, but moving west and south to Nakhon Ratchasima, Buri Ram, Surin, and Si Sa Ket.

From today through Saturday, another rather strong high pressure weather system from China will extend over upper Thailand leading to cool weather with a 5-8 degree Celsius temperature drop and in the North and the upper Northeast.

Typhoon Nari made its landfall at Da Nang, Vietnam and as it moved across Vietnam, the Lao PDR and into Thailand, it was downgraded to tropical storm, tropical depression and low pressure cell status. (MCOT online news)
 
-- TNA 2013-10-16

Pattaya floods as Typhoon Wutip causes flash flooding in several areas

Last night in Pattaya Typhoon Wutip opened up on Pattaya

Pattaya, which is known for major flooding in certain areas, was left flooded after a huge 2 hour downpour. Pattaya One reported some of the most affected areas...here's the article

 

On Monday Night Pattaya experienced two hours of sustained heavy rainfall which caused havoc around the city with reports of floods up to 1 meter in depth in some places.

Typhoon Wutip has travelled throughout the South-East Asian region over the last few days causing high winds and heavy rainfall and regrettably some loss of life.

Many provinces around Thailand have felt the effects of the Typhoon which is currently situated in the Northern part of Thailand.

At around 9pm on Monday the rains began and predictably the local drainage systems could not cope causing widespread floods which forced some drivers to abandon their vehicles.

The usual hot-spots: The Sukhumvit Road, Pattaya Third Road, Pattaya Second Road and Soi Baukao saw some of the worst floods leaving many tourists and residents stranded until the waters subsided up to two hours after the rains stopped.

The local authorities did attempt to bring some order to the chaos but some areas were completely inaccessible even for emergency vehicles.

No reports of any injuries or deaths related to the flash floods were reported in Pattaya and by 11pm on Monday many of the areas had returned to normal.

 

On Monday Night Pattaya experienced two hours of sustained heavy rainfall which caused havoc around the city with reports of floods up to 1 meter in depth in some places.
Typhoon Wutip has travelled throughout the South-East Asian region over the last few days causing high winds and heavy rainfall and regrettably some loss of life.
Many provinces around Thailand have felt the effects of the Typhoon which is currently situated in the Northern part of Thailand.
At around 9pm on Monday the rains began and predictably the local drainage systems could not cope causing widespread floods which forced some drivers to abandon their vehicles.
The usual hot-spots: The Sukhumvit Road, Pattaya Third Road, Pattaya Second Road and Soi Baukao saw some of the worst floods leaving many tourists and residents stranded until the waters subsided up to two hours after the rains stopped.
The local authorities did attempt to bring some order to the chaos but some areas were completely inaccessible even for emergency vehicles.
No reports of any injuries or deaths related to the flash floods were reported in Pattaya and by 11pm on Monday many of the areas had returned to normal.
- See more at: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/104310/typhoon-wutip-blamed-severe-pattaya-flash-floods/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PattayaOneNews+%28Pattaya+One+News%29#sthash.68KTXkST.dpuf

On Monday Night Pattaya experienced two hours of sustained heavy rainfall which caused havoc around the city with reports of floods up to 1 meter in depth in some places.
Typhoon Wutip has travelled throughout the South-East Asian region over the last few days causing high winds and heavy rainfall and regrettably some loss of life.
Many provinces around Thailand have felt the effects of the Typhoon which is currently situated in the Northern part of Thailand.
At around 9pm on Monday the rains began and predictably the local drainage systems could not cope causing widespread floods which forced some drivers to abandon their vehicles.
The usual hot-spots: The Sukhumvit Road, Pattaya Third Road, Pattaya Second Road and Soi Baukao saw some of the worst floods leaving many tourists and residents stranded until the waters subsided up to two hours after the rains stopped.
The local authorities did attempt to bring some order to the chaos but some areas were completely inaccessible even for emergency vehicles.
No reports of any injuries or deaths related to the flash floods were reported in Pattaya and by 11pm on Monday many of the areas had returned to normal.
- See more at: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/104310/typhoon-wutip-blamed-severe-pattaya-flash-floods/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PattayaOneNews+%28Pattaya+One+News%29#sthash.68KTXkST.dpuf

On Monday Night Pattaya experienced two hours of sustained heavy rainfall which caused havoc around the city with reports of floods up to 1 meter in depth in some places.
Typhoon Wutip has travelled throughout the South-East Asian region over the last few days causing high winds and heavy rainfall and regrettably some loss of life.
Many provinces around Thailand have felt the effects of the Typhoon which is currently situated in the Northern part of Thailand.
At around 9pm on Monday the rains began and predictably the local drainage systems could not cope causing widespread floods which forced some drivers to abandon their vehicles.
The usual hot-spots: The Sukhumvit Road, Pattaya Third Road, Pattaya Second Road and Soi Baukao saw some of the worst floods leaving many tourists and residents stranded until the waters subsided up to two hours after the rains stopped.
The local authorities did attempt to bring some order to the chaos but some areas were completely inaccessible even for emergency vehicles.
No reports of any injuries or deaths related to the flash floods were reported in Pattaya and by 11pm on Monday many of the areas had returned to normal.
- See more at: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/104310/typhoon-wutip-blamed-severe-pattaya-flash-floods/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PattayaOneNews+%28Pattaya+One+News%29#sthash.68KTXkST.dpuf

On Monday Night Pattaya experienced two hours of sustained heavy rainfall which caused havoc around the city with reports of floods up to 1 meter in depth in some places.
Typhoon Wutip has travelled throughout the South-East Asian region over the last few days causing high winds and heavy rainfall and regrettably some loss of life.
Many provinces around Thailand have felt the effects of the Typhoon which is currently situated in the Northern part of Thailand.
At around 9pm on Monday the rains began and predictably the local drainage systems could not cope causing widespread floods which forced some drivers to abandon their vehicles.
The usual hot-spots: The Sukhumvit Road, Pattaya Third Road, Pattaya Second Road and Soi Baukao saw some of the worst floods leaving many tourists and residents stranded until the waters subsided up to two hours after the rains stopped.
The local authorities did attempt to bring some order to the chaos but some areas were completely inaccessible even for emergency vehicles.
No reports of any injuries or deaths related to the flash floods were reported in Pattaya and by 11pm on Monday many of the areas had returned to normal.
- See more at: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/104310/typhoon-wutip-blamed-severe-pattaya-flash-floods/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PattayaOneNews+%28Pattaya+One+News%29#sthash.68KTXkST.dpuf

Pattaya prepares for Thunderstorms and possible flooding

The weather outlook has been bleak in Pattaya for most of the week. Pattaya103.com had a nice article about yesterdays flooding and forecast.

Storms bring Pattaya to Grinding Halt

All through the week the 103 weather has been predicting the storms that hit today, bringing the city to a grinding halt and adding to the usual afternoon gridlock in many areas.
Power outages were fixed quickly but the internet in the area has, from many suppliers, been up and down today as all roads from the Sukhumvit to the Beach saw major flooding making some unpassable.
The railway road on the East side took it badly as Siam Country club road, Nerm Plab wan and Khao Noi as well as KhaoTalo became gushing rivers. Our own Drive time DJ, Goldfinger, was told to stay at home as his journey would have seen him attempting to cross 1 metre deep waters on his motorcycle.
On Beach Road business was seriously affected as much of the area was under water, and second road too saw more than its fair share.
Two separate storms hit the region as they came across Asia from China...and more is expected. We are told to be prepared for similar weather for at least the next 3 days.

 

Tourists and ExPats continue to struggle under heavy rains in Pattaya

Anyone that has spent any amount of time in Pattaya knows when it rains...it floods. Pattaya despite all its new high end housing and condos along with upscale restaurants and night clubs still has very poor drainage sysytems.

Short term and long term residents of the Soi Buahkhao area especially around the Soi Diana section of the soi is vulnerable to meter deep waters with in an hour of a torrential downpour.

Thailand as a whole has recently been battered by heavy rains and unfortunately the outlook does not seem much better in the coming days. Check out this article from PattayaOne.Net:


Monday Night saw further spells of torrential rain which caused flash floods around the City and according to weather reports the rainstorms are expected to become more severe over the coming days.

Already some Embassies have issued flood warnings to its citizens and according to the latest weather updates from the Thai Meteorological Department there is a high pressure system from China and a strong south-western monsoon prevailing over most of Kingdom including the Gulf of Thailand, the Eastern provinces are expected to see the worst of the storms.

The Pattaya authorities are doing their best to clear blocked storm drains and are working around the clock, but we noticed on Monday Night large amounts of debris within the flood waters which will only re-block drains that may have been earlier cleared.