According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and this morning (August 2nd), the Northern region and Thanh Hoa had scattered showers and thunderstorms, with locally heavy rain. Rainfall from 7 pm on August 1st to 8 am on August 2nd was over 60mm in some places such as Tan Tien (Lao Cai) 95.6mm, Nghia Do (Lao Cai) 67.6mm, Du Gia 3 (Tuyen Quang) 79.2mm...
Forecast for the day and night of August 2nd, the Northern region, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An will have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 90mm. Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 70mm within 3 hours.
The meteorological agency warns that this period of thunderstorms and localized heavy rain in the Northern region and Thanh Hoa is likely to last for many days to come. Rain concentrates in the late afternoon, night and early morning.
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.
