According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and today (July 19), the mountainous area had moderate rain, heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain. Rainfall from 7 pm on July 18 to 3 pm on July 19 was over 90mm in some places such as Thuong Son (Tuyen Quang) monitoring stations 140.8mm, Vinh Quang 1 (Cao Bang) 93mm, Muong Lai (Lao Cai) 92.2mm,...
The mountainous and midland areas of the Northern region and Quang Ninh from the evening of July 19 to the night of July 20 are forecast to have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 40-80mm, locally very heavy rain over 200mm. Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 100mm/3 hours.
Other areas in the North in the evening and night of July 19, are forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 60mm. 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.
The meteorological agency forecasts that from July 21, heavy rain will gradually decrease.
Regarding the hydrological situation, currently, the water level on the main rivers in the Northern region is changing slowly and below alarm level 1.
From July 19-20, a flood will continue to occur on rivers in the Northern region, with a flood amplitude of 2-4m. During this flood, the peak flood on small rivers will reach alarm level 1-alerte level 2, with some rivers above alarm level 2; upstream of the Thao and Lo rivers, the Thai Binh river system will fluctuate above alarm level 1.
High risk of flash floods and landslides occurring in mountainous and midland provinces; flooding in low-lying areas along rivers, urban areas in the Northern region. Warning level of natural disaster risk due to floods is level 1.
Floods on rivers and streams can cause flooding in low-lying areas along rivers, affecting activities such as waterway traffic, aquaculture, agricultural production, people's livelihoods and socio-economic activities.
