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[quote]Public Health offices in 8 provinces alerted to cope with tropical cyclone Nargis
BANGKOK: -- Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsup Friday issued an urgent order to the public health offices in eight provinces to be on alert on the around-the-clock basis to provide help to people if natural disasters happen because of the influence of tropical cyclone Nargis.
The eight provinces are Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Tak, Sukhothai, Khamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani and Kanchanaburi.
The Meteorological Department announced Friday that as of 10 am Friday, Nargis was centred in the middle Bay of Bengal at latitude 15.9 degree north and longitude 93.0 degree east or about 350 kilometers west of Rangoon with maximum sustained wind of 140 kilometers per hour.
The department warned that the influence of the storm would cause heavy rains in many northern and central provinces.
-- The Nation 2008-05-02
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Warning
No. 5 (55/2551) Time Issued : May 02, 2008
At 10.00 a.m. today, tropical Cyclone