According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and this morning (July 24), the Northern region had showers and thunderstorms, the mountainous and midland areas of the Northern region had moderate rain, heavy rain, and locally very heavy rain.
Rainfall from 7:00 p.m. on July 23 to 8:00 a.m. on July 24 in some places is over 80mm such as monitoring stations Minh Quang (Tuyen Quang) 139.2mm, Tan Thai (Thai Nguyen) 121.2mm, Phu Loc (Phu Tho) 87.4mm, Pha Khinh (Son La) 85.4mm,...
Many areas across the country have thunderstorms
The Northern region from the morning of July 24 to July 25 is forecast to have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 40 - 100mm, locally very heavy rain over 200mm.
Thanh Hoa and Nghe An areas from the afternoon of July 24 to July 25 are forecast to have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 30 - 70mm, locally very heavy rain over 150mm.
Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 100mm/3 hours.
The meteorological agency forecasts that from the night of July 25, heavy rain in the Northern region and Thanh Hoa, Nghe An will gradually decrease.
The area from Ha Tinh to Hue city and the South Central Coast in the evening and night of July 24, is forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 50mm.
The Central Highlands and Southern regions in the evening and night of July 24th are forecast to have rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms with rainfall of 20 - 40mm, locally heavy to very heavy rain over 80mm.
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, hail is level 1.
Risk of flooding on rivers in the North
Regarding the hydrological situation, currently, the water level on the main rivers in the Northern region is fluctuating and below alarm level 1.
From today (July 24) to July 25, a flood is likely to appear on rivers in the Northern region, with a flood amplitude of 2-5m. During this flood, the peak flood on small rivers, upstream of the Thao, Chay, Lo, Cau, and Thuong rivers will reach alarm level 1 - alarm level 2, with some rivers above alarm level 2.
High risk of flash floods and landslides in mountainous and midland provinces; flooding in low-lying areas along rivers 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.
