Bangkok likely to escape tropical storm Gaemi

The storm clouds from Gaemi are edging closer to Bangkok, but because it has been downgraded to a depression, city Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra is hoping that the capital may not hard hit by rain as earlier predicted.

However, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has been put on high alert, as have officials and the public in other provinces expected to be in the path of Gaemi.

Read more: Bangkok Post