Heavy rain to continue until Sunday

Capital on alert for runoff from North

- ANUCHA CHAROENPO

The Thai Meteorological Department said heavy downpours are expected across Thailand until Sunday as a monsoon trough is currently passing through the upper parts of the country, bringing stormy conditions to the lower North, Northeast, East and the Central Plains.

The trough’s interaction with southwestern monsoon winds from the Andaman Sea will bring intense showers over the next five days, as well as strong winds that could whip up waves of up to two metres in the lower Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, according to the alert.