Today's weather;
Samui is still covered under dark clouds, just like the rest of Southern Thailand and the region South and West of Thailand. It looks like a lot more rain is going to come down today and the ferries to Koh Phangan and Koh Tao might not run today because of big waves. Current temp at 7am 26C
Yesterday saw another 95mm of rain pour down on Samui. The ferries connecting Samui to the near islands and the mainland in Donsak have been cancelled, due to big waves and the fact that once in Donsak there's no way out of there, as already posted by me two days ago and experienced by myself. The back roads to Kanchanadit are now flooded as well.
On Samui there are plenty of flooded areas, the Bang Rak area as pictured below, Laem Din market and the ring road before entering Lamai, the usual hot spots are flooded again.
There were a few moments without rain shortly after noon but other than that it was almost non stop rain, including during the night. By Thursday the strong rain and wind is predicted to subside.
Max temp reached 27C
Nakhon Si Thammarat has been declared a disaster area and some areas in Surat Thani have undergone the same treatment, see The Nation's report here.
The flooded area in Bang Rak, the fire brigade trying to pump water away.
Koh Lanta has also dark clouds this morning and it just started to rain. Current temp at 7am is 24.5C
Yesterday saw a very nice and sunny day on Lanta, after a slightly cloudy start but soon the sun broke through and it was warm and nice. Max temp reached 31C
The weather here predicted to be rough today but the rain should slow down by tomorrow and it should be all good again come Friday!
The IDC on Koh Lanta also kicked off yesterday and it was easy cruising in the sunshine yesterday!
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Camille
2 comments:
Hi, would you be able to find out for me if the Samui First House Hotel is flooded? Have reservations there for Tomorrow but had to delay til april 2 since airport is closed. Would you be able to contact the hotel for me to find out if they will be refunding the prepaid reservations? phone number is + 662- 235-3303-5
Thanks so much this would help me a great deal since I cannot contact them. I had booked through agoda.com. Thanks again if you can help me!
Hi,
If you can't get through, how do you expect me to get through? You don't even give me your proper name or address me by my name.
Sorry to hear about the loss of your reservation, I'm sure that as soon electricity is switched back on again, you will be able to reach the hotel without problems. Otherwise I suggest that you email them, a quick Google search should do wonders.
Good luck.
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