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The rise can be attributed to Tropical Storm Cempaka, which has now weakened into a tropical depression, bringing heavy rain to Northern Vietnam and the Gulf of Tonkin during the past few days, coupled with the scheduled release of water from the Nam Ou Hydropower Dam.

The downpour also caused the Nam Hung river, a tribulary of the Mekong River, to burst its banks, flooding Xayaboury Town and affecting 4,897 households in 39 communities along the river banks, leaving their houses and streets buried under the mud carried to the area by the floodwater which also caused difficulties for travelling.

Former hurricane Eta has finally departed Central America, where the devastating storm left at least 57 dead and many more missing. Now, Eta has regained tropical storm strength as it churns through the Caribbean and is set to unload torrential rain and strong winds in Cuba and South Florida.

The Rubber Authority of Thailand would pay Bt3,000 per rai (0.16 hectare) to farmers whose rubber plantations were damaged by tropical storm "Noul", the Authority's deputy director-general of business and operation, Sukatas Tangwiriyakul, said.

The category-3 tropical storm “Sinlaku” over Tokin Bay is moving west at 15 kilometres per hour speed and is forecast to make landfall in Vinh, Vietnam on Sunday (2 Aug 2020).

Isaias is beginning a multiday assault on the U.S. East Coast with tropical storm conditions gradually developing over Florida on Saturday night, followed by hurricane conditions Sunday. The former hurricane was reclassified as a tropical storm by the National Hurricane Center in its 5 p.m. update but is forecast to regain hurricane strength Saturday night. As of 8 p.m., it was already showing signs of re-intensification.

The combination of tropical storm Podul in upper Thailand, and the seasonal southwest monsoon in the South, have caused floods in 31 provinces resulting in 16 reported deaths and 102,074 households affected between August 29 and Thursday (September 5), Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department chief Chayaphol Thitisak says.

The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department (DPMD) called on its provincial offices in 18 provinces on Tuesday to prepare manpower and equipment to tackle possible flash floods, forest runoffs and landslides due to heavy rainfall from the influence of tropical storm Kajiki, which was as of this morning centered in Hue, Vietnam, and moving slowly south-southwest.

The Meteorological Department warned Thursday that heavy rains would be unleashed on several provinces in the North, Northeast, the East and the South because of influences from a tropical storm and the seasonal monsoon.

A marine scientist and vice dean of the Faculty of Fisheries at Kasetsaart University has expressed concerns about the massive amount of fresh water pouring into the Gulf of Thailand from rivers in the wake of tropical storm Pabuk.

Experts say timely effort mitigated impact but call for improvement in disaster preparations amid looming challenges.

With a tropical storm moved on, the Phuket Marine Office has lifted its ban on boats leaving port.