According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, today (August 22), the mountainous areas of the North will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, with some places having heavy rain. Rainfall from 7am to 3pm on August 22 was recorded at monitoring stations over 30mm such as Huoi Leng 2 station (Dien Bien) 64.6mm, Chieng On station (Son La) 38mm,...
In the mountainous areas of the North from the evening of August 22 to the morning of August 23, there is a forecast of moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 20 - 50mm, locally very heavy rain over 100mm.
The meteorological agency warns of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 80mm within 3 hours.
From August 23, heavy rain in the mountainous areas of the North is forecast to gradually decrease.
Other places in the North, Thanh Hoa, the area from Hue to Lam Dong and the South in the evening and night of August 22 are forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 70mm.
The meteorological agency warns of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 60mm within 3 hours.
During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. The warning level of natural disaster risk 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.
Real-time warning information for areas at risk of flash floods and landslides is provided online on the website of the Department of Hydrometeorology at https://luquetsatlo.nchmf.gov.vn and in a separate bulletin warning of flash floods and landslides.
