Thailand has been suffering from an extreme drought for weeks, especially in the Northeast and in the Central part it is dramatic. Fortunately, rain is on the way.
The Meteorological Department comes with good news about rain that will affect large parts of Thailand, except for the Central Plains, which is precisely the area where rainwater is urgently needed.
Tropical storm Wipha is moving westward from Vietnam at 20 km per hour. The storm is causing a strong southwest monsoon in the Andaman Sea, southern Thailand and the Gulf of Thailand. Heavy rain in the south and east should be expected that could last until Tuesday.
Source: Bangkok Post
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Thailand is a land of many promises.
The practice is often disappointing.
Investing in good water management would make more sense than waiting for a possible rain shower, or promises of artificial rain when there is not a cloud in sight.
Absolutely right. And how are you going to realize this?
Not as easy as China and Laos build dams on the Mekong.
There is enough rain in Thailand, given that there are regular floods.
If you build more reservoirs, or dams, you can store the rain when it rains heavily and use the water during the dry spells.
In principle, the existing dams work well, but there are not enough of them.
If only it were that simple. Here in the Netherlands, the higher parts are also struggling with a major (increasing!) drought, and there is no solution for that for the time being. While there is enough rain in the other parts – but how do you get the water from, say, the IJsselmeer back to Oostgroningen? Thailand faces the same challenge.
Not fun for the holidaymakers, but let's be happy for the Thai, because the country really needs that rain. The Thai know very well that they have to keep their water reservoirs up to standard, but that requires a lot of rain.
Is there such a thing as http://www.buienradar.nl for Thailand where you can see the current precipitation?