The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that today (May 18), the Northern, Central and Southern regions will have showers and localized thunderstorms.
Rainfall calculated from 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM on the 18th. 5 localized areas above 70mm such as the following monitoring station: Cao Bo (Tuyen Quang) 72.4mm, Khe Mo Rang forest ranger station (Hue city) 79.6mm, Savin forest management board (Khanh Hoa) 90.2mm, Krong No (Dak Lak) 227mm,...
The Northeast region, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An from the evening of May 18 to May 19, are forecast to have rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms with rainfall of 20-40mm, locally very heavy rain over 100mm.
The Northwest region, from Ha Tinh to Lam Dong and the South from the evening of May 18 to May 19, is forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10-30mm, locally heavy rain over 80mm. Rain concentrated in the late afternoon and night.
The meteorological agency especially emphasized the risk of increasing heavy rain in some areas. The Northern region, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An from about the night of May 19 to May 21, are forecast to have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain with common rainfall of 60 - 120mm, locally over 250mm.
The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting warns 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.
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. Heavy rain and localized heavy rain are likely to cause flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes, and flooding in low-lying areas.
