The water level in some tambons was up to 80 centimetres deep, he said. Lom Sak had been inundated for three days. We have no idea where the water will be released," he said. (Photo: Soonthorn Kongwarakhom)Ĭhakrin Inimworaprat, the Lom Sak district chief in Phetchabun, expected the extra rainfall from the storm would worsen the already bad flooding in the district, with the water level still rising in the Pa Sak River. Motorists drive cautiously through floodwater in Lom Sak district of Phetchabun on Wednesday. The storm would then gradually degrade to a depression and a strong low-pressure system. "The typhoon will weaken to a tropical storm, pass through southern Laos and blanket the lower part of the Northeast of Thailand over Amnat Charoen and Ubon Ratchathani provinces on Wedneday night," Ms Chomparee said. Thousands in Vietnam were forced to evacuate on Tuesday as an intensifying Typhoon Noru barrelled towards the southeast Asian nation. The maximum wind speed near the centre of the storm was about 150 kilometres per hour, with the typhoon moving westwards at 20kph. Meteorological Department director-general Chomparee Chompurat said on Wednesday morning the typhoon was moving towards Laos after it made landfall in the Vietnamese city of Hoi An in Quang Nam province of Vietnam at 4am. Typhoon Noru is forecast to reach the northeastern provinces of Amnat Charoen and Ubon Ratchathani as a tropical storm on Wednesday night, bringing nationwide heavy rain. Part of Muang district in Khon Kaen province is flooded as the Chi River overflows on Wednesday morning, with more rain on the way with tropical storm Noru.
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