According to data from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and this morning (September 2), the South Central and Central Highlands regions had showers and thunderstorms, with some places experiencing very heavy rain; the Southern region had moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, with some places experiencing very heavy rain.
Rainfall from 7pm on September 1 to 8am on September 2 was over 70mm in some places such as: Hai Ninh (Binh Thuan) 77.8mm, Thuan Hoa (Kien Giang) 95.8mm, Long Binh (Binh Phuoc) 77.4mm...
In the Central Highlands and the South from the morning of September 2 to the morning of September 4, there is forecast to be moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain with common rainfall from 40 - 70mm, locally over 100mm. Rain will be concentrated in the afternoon and at night.
From noon on September 4 to early morning on September 5, the Central Highlands and the South will have rain, moderate rain, locally heavy rain to very heavy rain with common rainfall of 15 - 40mm, some places over 50mm. Moderate rain, some places heavy rain in the Central Highlands and the South may continue.
In the Central region, during the day and night of September 2, there is a forecast of scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with rainfall from 15 - 30mm, locally over 50mm. Rain will be concentrated in the late afternoon and at night. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind.
The meteorological agency warned that heavy rain and localized heavy rain could cause flooding in low-lying areas; flash floods on small rivers and streams, and landslides on steep slopes.
Regarding sea weather , Phu Quy island currently has level 7 gusts of wind, the North and Central East Sea (including the Hoang Sa archipelago), the sea from Binh Thuan to Ca Mau, Ca Mau to Kien Giang and the Gulf of Thailand have showers and thunderstorms.
Forecast for the afternoon and night of September 2, the North, Central and South East Sea (including the waters of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos), the waters from Quang Ngai to Ca Mau, Ca Mau to Kien Giang and the Gulf of Thailand will have showers and thunderstorms. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes and strong gusts of wind of level 7 - 8, beware of wave heights sometimes increasing to over 2m.
In addition, in the afternoon and night of September 2, the sea area from Ninh Thuan to Ca Mau, the sea area west of the South China Sea (including the sea area west of Truong Sa archipelago) will have strong southwest winds of level 5, sometimes level 6, gusting to level 7 - 8; waves 1.5 - 2.5m high; rough seas.
All vessels operating in the above areas are at high risk of being affected by tornadoes, strong winds and large waves.
