According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, on June 19, the mountainous areas of the North will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, with some places having heavy to very heavy rain. Rainfall from 7am to 3pm on June 19 was over 50mm in some places such as: Dong Tam (Ha Giang) 70.8mm, Luc Binh (Bac Kan) 56mm...
According to Mr. Nguyen Huu Thanh - Deputy Head of Weather Forecasting Department, National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the evening and night of June 19, the mountainous and midland areas of the North will have rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain. Rainfall is generally from 20 - 50mm, in some places over 150mm. Other areas of the North will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with common rainfall from 10 - 30mm, some places over 70mm.
In the Central Highlands and the South in the late afternoon and evening of June 19, there will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with rainfall from 10 - 30mm, some places over 50mm.
Mr. Thanh said that from tomorrow evening, June 20, the rain in the North is expected to increase. From the evening of June 20 to June 22, the mountainous and midland areas of the North are likely to experience moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain.
"The common rainfall is 50 - 120mm, in some places over 300mm. Heavy rain will be concentrated in the late afternoon and night. We warn of the risk of heavy rain (rainfall greater than 100mm within 3 hours)" - Mr. Thanh emphasized.
During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. The meteorological agency warns that the risk of natural disasters due to heavy rain, tornadoes, lightning, and hail is level 1. Heavy rain is likely to cause flooding in low-lying areas, urban and industrial areas; flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes.
Mr. Hoang Van Dai - Deputy Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting commented that flash floods, and landslides are very dangerous types of natural disasters and often occur in a short time.
"For the midland and mountainous areas of Vietnam, from 2023 to now, we have also deployed a warning information system according to the time of flash floods and landslides.
This is a very important information system and is updated every hour, covering all provinces in the midland and mountainous areas of Vietnam" - Mr. Hoang Van Dai said.
According to Mr. Dai, this system is giving detailed warnings to the commune level. People and local authorities can refer to this system at the link http://luquetsatlo.nchmf.gov.vn.
Flash floods and landslides can have a very negative impact on the environment, threatening people's lives; causing local traffic congestion, affecting the movement of vehicles; destroying civil and economic works, causing damage to production activities and socio-economic activities.
The meteorological agency recommends that local authorities pay attention to reviewing bottlenecks and vulnerable locations in the area to take preventive and response measures.
