According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, this morning and noon (August 4th), the Northeast region, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An have scattered showers and thunderstorms, with locally heavy rain. Rainfall from 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM on August 4th is over 50mm in some places such as My Luong (Phu Tho) 94.6mm, Quang Trung (Ninh Binh) 73.6mm, Pac Ta (Lai Chau) 54.2mm, Luong Tai (Bac Ninh) 53.4mm,...
From the evening of August 4 to August 6, the Northern region and the area from Thanh Hoa to northern Quang Tri will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 90 - 170mm, locally very heavy rain over 250mm. Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 100mm within 3 hours.
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.
On the night of August 6, the Northwest region, the Southern Red River Delta and the area from Thanh Hoa to the North of Quang Tri continued to have moderate to heavy rain with common rainfall from 10 - 30mm, locally very heavy rain over 70mm.
The total rainfall for the whole period from the afternoon of August 4 to the night of August 6 is commonly from 100 - 200mm, locally over 300mm.
From August 7, heavy rain will gradually decrease.
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 Northern region and the area from Thanh Hoa to northern Quang Tri include the following provinces and cities: Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, Ninh Binh, Phu Tho, Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang, Lao Cai, Cao Bang, Lang Son, Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh and northern Quang Tri province.
