According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and this morning (May 3), the Northern region had moderate rain, locally heavy to very heavy rain in some places. Rainfall from 7 pm on May 2 to 8 am on May 3 in some places was over 50mm, such as the following monitoring stations: Bac Giang (Bac Ninh) 96.3mm, Xuan Dinh (Hanoi city) 66.4mm, Phu Cuong (Thai Nguyen) 58.4mm,...
The Northern region and Thanh Hoa in the day and night of May 3rd, are forecast to have rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms with rainfall of 20 - 40mm, locally heavy to very heavy rain over 90mm.
The area from Nghe An to Hue city from the afternoon of May 3rd to the morning of May 4th, is forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 70mm.
The meteorological agency warns that in thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. The level of natural disaster risk 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.
The rain trend in May, the total rainfall nationwide is generally lower than the multi-year average by 15 - 30%; especially in the Northeast and South, it is generally approximately equal to the multi-year average of the same period.
Nationwide, there is a possibility of widespread showers and thunderstorms, with rain concentrated more in the Northern region.
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.
