According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, today (May 20), the Northern region will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, with locally heavy rain.
Rainfall calculated from 7 am to 3 pm on May 20, locally over 50mm in some places such as the following monitoring station: Can Co 2 (Lai Chau) 65.4mm, Bo Ha (Bac Ninh) 54.8mm, Cua Ong (Quang Ninh) 53.8mm, Huu Lung (Lang Son) 52.5mm,...
The meteorological agency has forecast heavy rain developments in the next 24 hours.
The Northeast region, southern Lao Cai, Southern Phu Tho, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An in the late afternoon of May 20 to May 21, are forecast to have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain with common rainfall of 30 - 60mm, locally over 100mm. In the Northeast region alone, rainfall is about 50 - 120mm, locally over 250mm.
Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 100mm within 3 hours.
Other areas of the Northern region in the evening and night of May 20, are forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 80mm.
The Southern region in the evening and evening of May 20, is forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 50mm.
In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. Warning level of natural disaster risk due to heavy rain, tornadoes, lightning, hail is level 1, especially Quang Ninh province level 2.
Heavy rain is likely to cause flooding in low-lying areas, urban and industrial areas; flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes.
The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting forecasts that from the night of May 21, widespread heavy rain in the Northern region is likely to end.
