Lao NEWS on LNTV-Weather forecasters expect light to moderately heavy rain to continue. 5/8/2013

VO The Weather Forecasting official issues a warning people to be ready for heavy rains and thunderstorms over the next couple of days. INTRO: The Weather Forecasting and Aeronautical Meteorology Department issued a warning that people in the northern province s and some central areas to be ready for heavy rains and thunderstorms over the next couple of days. STORY: The warning is in relation to tropical storm Jebi, which is currently centred over the Bay of Tonkin off the coast of Vietnam. Moving southwest at around 10 kilometres an hour, it will make landfall today before passing over the northern provinces of Huaphan and Phongsaly in Laos. It is expected to impact on all northern provinces as well as Vientiane province, the capital Vientiane and also Borikhamxay later on in the evening and into tomorrow, bringing heavy rains, flash flooding and strong wind gusts. The warning predicts that the Xan River in the Longxan area of Vientiane province will reach warning level today and further flooding may ensue tomorrow, so residents there should take all necessary precautions. The department aims to inform all local authorities and people in these provinces to be alert for heavy rains, strong winds, landslides and flooding. Authorities and residents should take all necessary precautions including moving livestock and possessions to higher ground where flooding is a threat, secure rice stores, weigh down loose objects around houses, stock up on supplies and monitor weather reports.