This afternoon, July 20, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that today, the mountainous and midland areas of the Northern region and Quang Ninh will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, with locally heavy rain.
Rainfall from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on July 20 in some places was over 50mm, such as at Dong Phong 3 (Thai Nguyen) 72mm, Nam Xay 2 (Lao Cai) 60.6mm,...
Forecast for the evening and night of July 20, the Northeast region, Son La and Phu Tho will have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 70mm.
In which, the Northeast region includes Tuyen Quang, Cao Bang, Thai Nguyen, Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong city, Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, Ninh Binh, Hanoi city; the northern area of Phu Tho province (Vinh Phuc and former Phu Tho provinces).
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. Thunderstorms accompanied by tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind can affect agricultural production, causing trees to fall, damage to houses, traffic works, and infrastructure.
Localized heavy rain is likely to cause flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes and flooding in low-lying areas.
