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Sun, 07/10/2011 - 13:00
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Thick mist over Thailand’s northernmost province
BANGKOK, July 10 (TNA) - Thick mist covered Thailand’s northernmost province of Chiang Rai, particularly in mountainous areas, causing poor visibility for road users Sunday.
Dense mist covers many areas of Chiang Rai, especially on roads leading to important tourist destinations including Doi Mae Salong Mountain and Phrathat Doi Tung Shrine in Mae Fa Luang district. The mist lowered the visibility to less than 20 meters Sunday morning, forcing motorists to drive slowly with their headlamps and fog lamps on.
Chettha Mosikrat, the chief of disaster prevention and mitigation in Chiang Rai, warned travelers who were not familiar with local roads on high mountains, especially the roads from Mae Jan to Mae Salong and from Huai Khrai to Doi Tung, to drive carefully and turn on fog lamps to prevent accidents.
Meanwhile, haze in Songkhla Province, apparently caused by forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia, became less dense Sunday morning, prompting local fishermen to resume their work after it had shrouded many lower southern provinces of Thailand over the past seven days.
Songkhla authorities asked the Meteorological Department to closely monitor the haze, as well as the development of forest fires on Sumatra Island and the southwest monsoon so that they could issue timely warnings to local people if the thick haze returned. (TNA)
Dense mist covers many areas of Chiang Rai, especially on roads leading to important tourist destinations including Doi Mae Salong Mountain and Phrathat Doi Tung Shrine in Mae Fa Luang district. The mist lowered the visibility to less than 20 meters Sunday morning, forcing motorists to drive slowly with their headlamps and fog lamps on.
Chettha Mosikrat, the chief of disaster prevention and mitigation in Chiang Rai, warned travelers who were not familiar with local roads on high mountains, especially the roads from Mae Jan to Mae Salong and from Huai Khrai to Doi Tung, to drive carefully and turn on fog lamps to prevent accidents.
Meanwhile, haze in Songkhla Province, apparently caused by forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia, became less dense Sunday morning, prompting local fishermen to resume their work after it had shrouded many lower southern provinces of Thailand over the past seven days.
Songkhla authorities asked the Meteorological Department to closely monitor the haze, as well as the development of forest fires on Sumatra Island and the southwest monsoon so that they could issue timely warnings to local people if the thick haze returned. (TNA)
