According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and this morning (June 17), the Northern mountainous region had moderate rain and thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain; the south of the Central Highlands and Southern region had scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain.
Rainfall from 7:00 p.m. on June 16 to 7:00 a.m. on June 17 in some places is over 100mm such as Viet Vinh monitoring station (Tuyen Quang) 205.4mm, Bang Thanh (Thai Nguyen) 189.4mm, Huyen Hoi (Vinh Long) 140mm, Phong Phu (Lam Dong) 133.9mm, La Nga (Dong Nai) 110.8mm, ...
The mountainous and midland areas of the Northern region from the evening of June 17 to the early morning of June 18 are forecast to have rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms with rainfall of 20 - 40mm, locally heavy to very heavy rain over 100mm.
The Central Highlands and Southern regions in the evening and evening of June 17, are forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 80mm.
The meteorological agency warns that in thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind with disaster risk level being 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.
