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Election Day storms in the wind

Election Commission urged to arrange for indoor polling places to avoid trouble

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Two storms are forecast to hit Thailand next week, potentially affecting Election Day on May 14, according to the Climate Change and Disaster Centre at Rangsit University.

Cyclone Mocha is currently causing heavy rainfall in the Bay of Bengal while another tropical depression is forming in the South China Sea near the Philippines, said the centre’s director, Seri Suparatit.

The two storms would start to affect Thailand from May 9. However, heat and a low-pressure trough will cause thunderstorms starting on May 8 in the central, eastern, northeastern and northern regions, he wrote in a Facebook post on…

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