Yingluck orders agencies to prepare response measures for Tropical Storm Gaemi

BANGKOK, Oct 3 — Prime Minsiter Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday has ordered agencies concerned to prepare response measures for tropical storm Gaemi that will impact Thailand over the weekend.

The premier said she has instructed the authorities to release water retained in dams upstream and to clean up the Bangkok drainage system, even as she asserted that the government would fully help the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) and the surrounding provinces to drain water in case of heavy rain from the storm. More pumps will be installed to help drain water more quickly.

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