According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and this morning (May 12), the Northern mountainous region had scattered showers and thunderstorms, with locally heavy rain. Rainfall from 7 pm on May 11 to 8 am on May 12 was over 40mm in some places such as: Ka Lang station (Lai Chau) 57.4mm, Chung Chai station (Dien Bien) 41.2mm, Mau Due (Tuyen Quang) 55.8mm,...
The Northwest region and northern mountainous areas during the day and night of May 12, are forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 70mm.
The delta, midland areas of the Northern region and Thanh Hoa in the evening and night of May 12, it is forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, in some places over 50mm.
The meteorological agency warns that in thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind with the level of natural disaster risk due to tornadoes, lightning, hail being level 1.
Rainstorms accompanied by tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind can affect agricultural production, causing trees to fall, damage to houses, traffic works, and infrastructure. Localized heavy rains are likely to cause flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes, and flooding in low-lying areas.
Regarding the rain trend in the next month, the total forecast rainfall in the area from Ha Tinh to Hue and the South Central Coast is generally lower than the multi-year average by 15 - 30%; in the North, the Central Highlands and the South are generally at a level close to the multi-year average of the same period.
