Weather Warnings Issued for Travelers to Thailand

If you are traveling to or from Thailand, via Japan or Korea, between now and about September 20, travel advisories have been issued due to Typhoon Shanshan. That same typhoon has been the major factor causing the torrential rains you have been reading about (or experiencing) in Pattaya and the rest of Thailand.

BANGKOK, Sept 16 (TNA)

Travelers flying to Japan and Korea during the next couple of days are warned to check weather conditions before their departures as Typhoon Shanshan is approaching the two East Asian nations, while Thailand should brace for more downpours, with torrential rain forecast in some areas.

The Meteorological Department warned here on Saturday that Typhoon Shanshan is moving toward Japan's main island and the Korean Peninsula, from China and Taiwan.

Travelers should, therefore, beware of the new typhoon and check updated weather conditions prior to their departures to either of the two countries.

Meanwhile, the weather bureau said that all parts of Thailand--the North, the Northeast, the East, the central region and the South--would be influenced by a low pressure ridge covering the country's lower northern, northeastern and upper central regions, as well as the southwest monsoon in the southern Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand over the next few days.

These will cause torrential rain in some areas, and high waves at sea.

Residents should prepare for further rainfalls, including possible floods and landslides, while trawlers should be more careful at sea.

(TNA)--E002