According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and this morning (July 5th), the Northeast region, from Thanh Hoa to northern Quang Tri and the Central Highlands had showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain; especially the Northeast region had heavy to very heavy rain.
Rainfall from 7:00 p.m. on July 4 to 8:00 a.m. on July 5 in some places is over 100mm such as monitoring stations in Mong Cai (Quang Ninh) 275.2mm, Nam Pam (Son La) 249.6mm, Kim Noi 1 (Lao Cai) 145.8mm,...
The Northeast region on July 5th is forecast to have moderate to heavy rain with common rainfall of 20 - 50mm, locally over 100mm.
Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La and Lao Cai areas on July 5th day and night, it is forecast to have moderate to heavy rain with common rainfall of 30 - 60mm, locally over 150mm.
Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 100mm/3 hours.
Other areas of the Northern region and the area from Thanh Hoa to Nghe An on July 5th day and night, it is forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 70mm.
The Central Highlands and Southern regions on July 5th, day and night, are forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 50mm. Rain concentrates in the late afternoon and evening.
In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. Warning level of natural disaster risk due to heavy rain, tornadoes, lightning, hail is level 1.
The meteorological agency forecasts that from July 6th, widespread heavy rain in the above areas will tend to gradually decrease.
Regarding the hydrological situation, currently, the water level on the main rivers of the Northern region tends to change slowly and is below alarm level 1, on some small rivers such as Nam Kim (Lao Cai), Binh Lieu River (Quang Ninh) rising above alarm level 1.
Warning from today (July 5) to July 6, on rivers in Quang Ninh, Bac Ninh, Lang Son, there is a possibility of a flood with a flood amplitude of 2 - 4m. In this flood, the peak flood in the upstream area and on small rivers is likely to reach alarm level 1 - alarm level 2, some rivers above alarm level 2.
Risk of flooding in low-lying areas along rivers, urban areas in the Northeast region; flash floods, landslides on slopes in mountainous and midland provinces in the Northern region. Warning level of natural disaster risk due to floods is level 1.
Floods on rivers and streams can cause flooding in low-lying areas along rivers, affecting activities such as waterway traffic, aquaculture, agricultural production, people's livelihoods and socio-economic activities.
