According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and early this morning (August 3), the Northwest region, Tuyen Quang, coastal areas of the North, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An had showers and scattered thunderstorms, with locally heavy rain.
Rainfall from 7:00 p.m. on August 2 to 8:00 a.m. on August 3 in some places is over 90mm such as at Lieu Do monitoring stations (Lao Cai) 137mm, Xuan Giang 1 (Tuyen Quang) 114.6mm, Hang Lia 1 (Dien Bien) 90.2mm,...
The Northern region, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An will have showers and scattered thunderstorms on the day and night of August 3rd with rainfall of 15 - 35mm, locally heavy to very heavy rain over 100mm. Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall of 100mm within 3 hours.
The meteorological agency warns that this localized thunderstorm and heavy rain in the Northern region and Thanh Hoa, Nghe An is likely to last for many days to come.
In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. Disaster risk level due to 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. Localized heavy rains are likely to cause flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes, and flooding in low-lying areas.
Regarding sea weather, currently, the Northern Gulf of Tonkin area, the sea area north of the Northern East Sea area and the sea area east of the Central East Sea area have scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Forecast, on the day and night of August 3, the Gulf of Tonkin and the Northern East Sea area (including the Hoang Sa special zone sea area), the eastern sea area of the central East Sea area will have scattered showers and thunderstorms. In thunderstorms, there is a high possibility of tornadoes, strong gusts of wind at level 7 - 8, sea waves over 2m high. All ships operating in the above areas are at risk of being affected by tornadoes, strong gusts of wind and high sea waves.
