Officials increase the discharge rate of the Lampao dam in Kalasin province on Monday to prepare for more water from storm Sonca. (Photo by Yongyuth Pupuangpet)The Meteorological Department has warned that the incoming tropical storm Sonca will bring heavy rain to most parts of the country from Tuesday to Friday. It reported that the storm was about 350 kilometres east of Vinh, Vietnam, on Monday morning, with winds of about 65 kilometres an hour near its centre. The storm was slowly moving west and was expected to make landfall in Vietnam on Tuesday. In Kalasin province, also in the Northeast, governor Suwit Khamdee said irrigation officials had increased the discharge rate at the Lampao dam to prepare its reservoir to cope with the impact of storm Sonca.

Source: Bangkok Post July 24, 2017 10:02 UTC