According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and this morning (June 16), the mountainous and midland areas of the Northern region had rain, moderate rain, locally heavy to very heavy rain. Rainfall from 7 pm on June 15 to 8 am on June 16 was locally over 70mm, such as Du Gia (Tuyen Quang) monitoring stations 108.7mm, Tan Dong (Lao Cai) 79.2mm, Kien Thiet (Tuyen Quang) 76.6mm,...
The mountainous and midland areas of the Northern region from June 16 to the night of June 17, are forecast to have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 60 - 120mm, locally very heavy rain over 250mm. Rain concentrated from late afternoon to morning. Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 100mm/3 hours.
On the day and night of June 18, the Northern mountainous region will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 20 - 60mm, locally very heavy rain over 150mm.
The Northern Delta, Southern and western Lam Dong regions during the day and night of June 16, are forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 60mm. Rainfall in the Southern and Western Lam Dong regions is concentrated in the late afternoon and evening. 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, and hail is level 1.
Regarding the hydrological situation, currently, the water level on some rivers in Tuyen Quang, Cao Bang, Lang Son, and Thai Nguyen provinces is rising, other rivers in the Northern region are changing slowly and below alarm level 1.
From today (June 16) to June 18, on small rivers, upstream of main rivers in the Northern region, there is a possibility of a flood, the flood amplitude on rivers is from 2 - 4m.During this flood, the peak flood water level on small rivers is likely to reach alarm level 1 - alarm level 2.
High risk of flash floods and landslides occurring in mountainous and midland provinces 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.
