Tropical Depression Pabuk leaves Thailand, moves into Andaman Sea
|Surat Thani, Thailand (CNN)Tropical Storm Pabuk has been downgraded to a depression and has left Thailand, the Thai Meteorological Department said Saturday.
The storm made landfall Friday and killed at least three people in Thailand, according to the country’s Disaster Management authorities. Two elderly people drowned in Nakhon Si Thammarat, and a third person died after his fishing boat capsized in Pattani.
The storm, which swept through outlying islands off Thailand’s Eastern coast Friday night had now reached the Andaman sea on the western side of the country, Spokesman Phuwieng Prakhammintara told reporters.