According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, today (July 15), the Southern region will have scattered showers and thunderstorms in some places, with locally heavy rain.
Rainfall calculated from 7 am to 3 pm on July 15, some places over 40mm such as Dam Roi (Ca Mau) monitoring station 69.6mm, Ward 8 (Ca Mau) 56mm, Di An 1 (Ho Chi Minh City) 49.2mm,...
The mountainous and midland areas of the Northern region and Quang Ninh province in the night of July 15 and July 16 are forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 15 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 70mm.
Especially in the Lai Chau, Dien Bien and northern Son La areas, there will be rain, moderate rain with common rainfall of 20 - 40mm, locally heavy to very heavy rain over 100mm. Rain concentrates at night, early morning and late afternoon.
The Central Highlands and Southern regions in the evening and night of July 15, are forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 70mm.
Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 80mm in 3 hours.
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.
