According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, this afternoon (8.9), the Central and Southern highlands will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, with some places having heavy rain. Rainfall from 12 noon to 3 p.m. on August 9 was recorded at monitoring stations over 30mm such as: My Xuan station (Ho Chi Minh City) 73.6mm, Bau Don station (Tay Ninh) 47.2mm, Dinh Thanh station (Ca Mau) 33.4mm,...
Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang areas in the evening and night of August 9 are forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally 60mm.
In the Central and Southern Plateau in the evening and night of August 9, there is a forecast of scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally over 70mm.
During 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: level 1. Localized heavy rains are likely to cause flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes and flooding in low-lying areas.