According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and early this morning (May 18), the Northern region, North Central region, South Central coast, and Central Highlands had scattered showers and thunderstorms, with locally heavy to very heavy rain.
Rainfall calculated from 7 pm on May 17 to 8 am on May 18, locally over 150mm in some places such as the following monitoring station: Nam Dan (Tuyen Quang) 261.6mm, Muong Khoa 1 (Lai Chau) 306.6mm, Chuc Bai Son (Quang Ninh) 158.8mm,...
The Northeast and North Central regions on the day and night of May 18, are forecast to have rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms with rainfall of 20 - 40mm, locally very heavy rain over 100mm.
The Northwest region, from Quang Tri to Lam Dong and the South on the day and night of May 18, is forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10-30mm, locally heavy rain over 80mm. Rain concentrated in the late afternoon and night.
The meteorological agency warns that thunderstorms in the above areas are likely to last until May 21.
In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. Warning 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.
