According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and this morning (May 16), the Northern region, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An had rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain.
Rainfall from 7pm on May 15 to 8am on May 16 was over 100mm in some places such as Ho Ngoi La (Tuyen Quang) 122.2mm, An Lai (Cao Bang) 225mm, Muong Gion (Son La) 129.4mm, Yen Duong (Bac Kan) 127.2mm...
The Northern region and Thanh Hoa on the day and night of May 16 are forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain with rainfall from 10 - 30mm, some places over 60mm. Rain will be concentrated in the morning, evening and night.
In particular, the Northwest region and the provinces of Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Lang Son, Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen will have rain, moderate rain and thunderstorms at night; locally heavy to very heavy rain with rainfall from 20 - 40mm, some places over 80mm.
The meteorological agency warns that thunderstorms may cause tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. Localized heavy rains are likely to cause flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes and flooding in low-lying areas. The warning level of natural disaster risk due to tornadoes, lightning, and hail is level 1.
