i have just heard that cyclone is hitting north and west thailand as of now ,we have just phoned home and there is heavy rain at the moment that was in kamphaeng phet the nation website has more details , cheers aidan

I read elsewhere 8 Provinces in the North are in the warning zone incl Phitsanulok/Sukhothai/Chang Mai & Rai etc
colin 244

Ahh! The rainy season.
Experienced one of these things some years ago. Rearranged the village I was staying in.
Land of smiles.

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Ahh! The rainy season.

Not quite, that doesn't usually start in the north until June/July.

Some news from the Bangkok Post:

Flash flood warning in 16 provinces

Well, phones out in the village(1 hour drive out of Phitsanulok City) which usually means big rain "yes dear" said the wife who knows more than me
colin 244

Just heard on the BBC news that the cyclone has hit Burma 243 dead and rising, its now headed for North Thailand.

Take care out there.

BBC News: Burma cyclone death toll 'at 351'

It's travelling overland now so should weaken considerably.

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It's travelling overland now so should weaken considerably.

Indeed, it's already been downgraded to a Tropical Depression.

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Originally posted by Keith&Mol:

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It's travelling overland now so should weaken considerably.

Indeed, it's already been downgraded to a Tropical Depression.

Thats what I normally suffer from returning from Los!


Roland

Perhaps on a Tuesday in June no doubt!

According to MSN News the latest Myanmar death toll is 4,000 and rising. They say 3,000 died in one Irrawaddy delta village. Reports say the Military are doing very little to help the people, whose homes are gone. They are clearing major roads, especially those near the influential elite proprties. Can you belive the top businesses are complaining workers have not turned up for work, They are taking care of their families. Sorry, I don't know how to do a 'link'. You can find it on MSN News with a search.

Dave

it seems that one american newspaper are reporting up to and onwards 10,000 people are missing /dead ....if that be true we can only imagine the devastation made by nature when i unwind this evening my thoughts will be with them

It is now reported that 15,000 people have lost their lives.
that is a massive amount of people, lets hope the military junta accept some help for its people. very very sad news

So with at least parts of Burma very severely damaged, and Thailand is of course next door, has no one in Thailand been killed or made homeless because of the storm?

BBC news this morning led on the situation in Burma, but no mention of any other country that might have been affected.

Hi John

As with most hurricanes and typhoons, once they start tracking overland they lose most of their strength. As Keith reported on Sunday ....

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Indeed, it's already been downgraded to a Tropical Depression.

A lot of rain fell in North Thailand when it passed over so flood warnings issued on Monday seem to be the worst of it over there:

Flood warnings for North in wake of cyclone

Looks like Thailand got off comparatively lightly, but pictures coming out of Burma are truly dreadful. Stories of 10000 dead in just one town!

More in this news report :-

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23656529-38197,00.html

Most of those killed in Burma were killed by the tidal surges in the very low lying areas of the Irrawaddy Delta.

press now reporting 100,000 dead