According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and early this morning (June 19), the Northern mountainous region had scattered showers and thunderstorms, with locally heavy rain.
Rainfall calculated from 7 pm on June 18 to 8 am on June 19, some places over 50mm such as Ta Van monitoring station (Lao Cai) 80.2mm, Dong Tam (Tuyen Quang) 53.8mm,...
The mountainous and midland areas of the Northern region on the day and night of June 19, are forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy to very heavy rain over 100mm. Rain concentrates in the late afternoon and night.
In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. Disaster risk level due to tornadoes, lightning, hail is 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 from now until early July, the total rainfall in the coming month in the Northern region and provinces from Thanh Hoa to Nghe An is generally higher than the multi-year average by 10 - 25%; other places are generally lower than the multi-year average of the same period by 5 - 20%.
Medium rain and widespread heavy rain are likely to appear concentrated in the Northern region, Thanh Hoa and northern Nghe An. Provinces in the Central Highlands and Southern region will have many days of rain, with some days of moderate to heavy rain. In other areas, showers and thunderstorms are commonly seen locally.
Dangerous weather phenomena such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind are likely to appear nationwide, concentrated more in the Northern region, Central Highlands and Southern regions.
