Storms expected in upper Northeast next week

Storms expected in upper Northeast next week

This house was one of several left with no roof after storms swept through seven villages in Non Khun district of northeastern Si Sa Ket  on Thursday night. (Photo by Sanoh Vorarak)
This house was one of several left with no roof after storms swept through seven villages in Non Khun district of northeastern Si Sa Ket on Thursday night. (Photo by Sanoh Vorarak)

People in the upper Northeast are warned to brace for another round of summer thunderstorms and gusting winds, expected to hit upper Thailand on April 24.

Manoon Dor-oy, deputy director of the Northeastern Meteorological Centre, said the storms, brought by a high pressure system across China, will move over the South China Sea and then into Thailand early next week, from April 24-27.

The upper Northeast could expect to be the first area hit, starting Tuesday.

Nakhon Phanom, Sakon Nakhon, Kalasin and Khon Kaen would feel the brunt first, and then Buri Ram in the lower Northeast and onto the Central Plains, Mr Manoon said.

Emergency services had already been warned to be on full alert

In Si Sa Ket, violent storms ravaged seven villages in tambon Bok and tambon Phor of Non Khun district  on Thursday night, damaging 31 houses.

District officials  surveyed damage on Friday and said 13 of the homes were severely damaged. One school, 18 cattle pens and a rice barn were also damaged.

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