Damrey

[banpaeng]

Picked this up on Thai Visa.
Typhoon "Damrey" to bring heavy rain to Thailand this week

BANGKOK: -- A new arrival on the season storm scene--Typhoon "Damrey"--is now moving from the South China Sea toward Thailand and is expected to enter the northern and northeastern regions with heavy rain this week, said the chief of Meteorological Department Sunday.

Director-General Suparerk Tansriratanawong told a press conference that typhoon "Damrey" -- which means "Elephant" in Cambodia's Khmer language--was centred about 220 km from China's Hainan Island at 7am and had a wind speed of 130 km/hr.

He said the amount of rain that the typhoon would bring would be almost as great as tropical depression "Vicente" that hit Thailand earlier this month.

Mr. Suparak said the typhoon would first hit the northeastern region on Tuesday (September 27) and the remaining regions on Wednesday and Thursday (September 28-29).

Residents living near flood-prone areas in the northeastern and northern regions should take an extra precautions this week, he added.(

--TNA 2005-09-25

[businessman]

Issued flood warnings for Nong Khai,but the river is so low now that it's not going to happen.Maybe a little local water but no more.