For the past 2 consecutive days, the Central region has had widespread rain. Many localities have heavy rain in mountainous areas.
According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, on July 3, the provinces from Thanh Hoa to Da Nang had scattered showers and thunderstorms, with some places experiencing heavy to very heavy rain. Some places recorded heavy rain as of 3:00 p.m. the same day such as: Huong Lam 1 (Ha Tinh) 95.4mm, Giao Thuy (Da Nang) 91.2mm...
It is forecasted that on the night of July 3 and July 4, thunderstorms will continue to occur in the North and the area from Thanh Hoa to Quang Ngai, locally heavy rain with common rainfall from 10-30mm, some places over 80mm. Thunderstorms will be mainly concentrated in the late afternoon, night and early morning.
In particular, in the new city of Da Nang, convective clouds are developing strongly, potentially causing showers and thunderstorms for many wards and communes. Areas such as Hai Van, Ba Na, Dai Loc, Dien Ban, Tam Ky, Tien Phuoc need to be on guard against moderate to heavy rain. Da Nang coastal area also has scattered showers and thunderstorms.
During thunderstorms, people need to be extremely wary of extreme weather phenomena such as tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. Local heavy rain has a high risk of causing flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes and flooding in low-lying areas. The risk level of natural disasters due to tornadoes, lightning, and hail is warned at level 1. Agencies, departments and people need to pay attention to monitoring information and proactively taking preventive measures to ensure safety.
On July 3, many hydropower plants in Da Nang such as Song Tranh 2 and Dak Mi4 had to regulate and release floodwaters through the spillway with a flow of 50m3/s to over 100m3/s to the Vu Gia and Thu Bon river basins. Although there has not been local flooding, releasing floodwaters from reservoirs in the middle of the summer is an unusual phenomenon compared to many recent years.
