Bangkok: Nan Province, the border city, is ready to receive "Storm Wipha". Storm Wipha is weakening, but it is moving closer to Thailand and is starting to cause continuous rain in many areas of the North, especially Nan Province, which is like a front line to receive Storm Wipha. Villagers are preparing for it.
According to Thai News Agency, in the middle of Nan city, rain has continued to fall since the afternoon from the power of Tropical Storm Wipha that is moving closer and closer after making landfall in Vietnam and moving into Laos. Nan province is less than 400 kilometers from Vientiane and the radius of the storm will cause continuous rain for another 1-2 days, causing the people of Nan to prepare for the situation at the highest level. Right now, houses, buildings, and shops in Nan city are full of sandbags placed to prevent flooding, with many people worried that there will be major flooding from the continuous rain.
While the Nan River flowing through Nan City is now at around 4 meters, 7 meters away from the critical point, but if the flood barrier is included, the maximum water level will be 8 meters and 50 centimeters. Mr. Chainarong Wongyai, Governor of Nan Province, inspected the risk points where water will overflow and said that the situation must be monitored now because the storm Wipha will cause rain to cover all 15 districts, especially Tha Wang Pha District, which is expected to be the center. It is expected that the rain will continue, with the peak likely to be on the night of July 23.
Reporters went to the area to see the situation in Tha Wang Pha District, which is located to the north of Nan Province. It has been raining since the afternoon. In particular, Ban Don Tan, Tambon Si Phum, which was flooded last week and the water has only receded for 2 days, must prepare to deal with more rain from Storm Wipha, which has caused great concern for the villagers. Many people have rushed to move their belongings to higher ground as much as possible, including laying sandbags to prevent further flooding. For example, this grocery store in Don Tan Village had to move its goods to higher ground because it did not trust the situation with the continuous rain, fearing that it would be flooded as badly as in 2006 and 2011.