Heavy rain forecast for most areas
published : 1 Aug 2019 at 12:54
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
The Meteorological Department has forecast heavy rain nationwide except for the Central Plains.
Tropical storm Wipha, now near Hainan island, is moving into Vietnam, and the strong monsoon continues to prevail in the South. Director-general Phuwiang Prakhammin said on Thursday that storm Wipha, with wind speeds of 65 kilometres per hour, was moving westward at 20kph.
Wipha was expected to make landfall in upper Vietnam on Friday and cause persistent and heavy rain, with run-off in some areas, in the North and the Northeast.
He said the strong southwesterly monsoon in the Andaman Sea, the South and the Gulf of Thailand would bring heavy rain in the South and the East until next Tuesday.
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Vocabulary
- landfall: the place where a storm coming from the sea first hits land - การเข้าหาแผ่นดิน
- monsoon: the season of heavy rain during the summer in hot Asian countries - มรสุม
- persistent: continuing - อย่างต่อเนื่อง
- plains: a large area of flat land - ที่ราบ
- prevail: to be the strongest influence or element in a situation - เป็นจริง, มีอำนาจเหนือกว่า
- run-off: rain, water or other liquid that runs off land into streams and rivers - น้ำหลาก
- tropical storm (noun): the first level of dangerous storm: "A tropical storm is an organized system of strong thunderstorms with a defined surface circulation and maximum sustained winds between 34 knots (39 mph) and 64 knots (74 mph). (Source: Wikipedia) - พายุโซนร้อน, พายุดีเปรสชันที่มีกำลังแรงขึ้น เกิดขึ้นในเขตร้อน ความเร็วลมบริเวณใกล้ศูนย์กลางประมาณ 70-120 กิโลเมตรต่อชั่วโมง [พจนานุกรมศัพท์ สสวท.]
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