Tropical storm Pabuk is this afternoon with heavy rainfall and heavy winds to land in the province of Nakhon Si Thammarat in the south of Thailand. That is earlier than expected. Initially, the meteorologists, the tropical storm for the evening predicted. A fisherman drowned off the coast when his boat capsized. One of the other passengers is still missing. The storm is now in force decreased and pulls in the direction of Surat Thani. Tour operator TUI has asked are 105 tourists in the affected region to strictly follow the rules of the local authorities to follow.
back on land, blew, trees and flew to the roofs of the houses, but soon the tropical storm, downgraded to a tropical depression. Alert the authorities still for tidal waves.
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More than 6,000 people, mostly residents of the province of Nakorn Si Thammarat, were evacuated, so says the Thai service and Disaster relief. In the province were the airports closed. the
The storm will also take the tourists very popular regions of Phuket, Ko Samui and Krabi, take. All flights from and to Ko Samui as a precaution, cancelled. It is expected that in the course of the day, more Thai airports that example will follow. Also the ferry traffic is certainly up for tomorrow still.
