Last night and this morning (August 29), the Northern region, Thanh Hoa, Central Highlands and Southern region had scattered showers and thunderstorms, with locally heavy rain.
According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, rainfall from 7 pm on August 28 to 7 am on August 29 in some places exceeded 90mm such as Minh Ngoc monitoring station (Tuyen Quang) 106.2mm, Hoanh Bo (Quang Ninh) 104.4mm, Nam Ma (Lao Cai) 92mm, Cau Quang (An Giang) 128mm,...
Rainfall in the North is concentrated in the afternoon and night.
The Northern region, from Thanh Hoa to Ha Tinh, during the day and night of August 29, will have showers and scattered thunderstorms with common rainfall of 15 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 80mm. Rainfall will be concentrated in the afternoon and night.
The Central Highlands and Southern regions in the afternoon and night of August 29, there will be showers and scattered thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 70mm.
In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. Disaster risk level due to tornadoes, lightning, hail is level 1.
Rainstorms accompanied by tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind can affect agricultural production, causing trees to fall, damage to houses, traffic works, and infrastructure. Localized heavy rains are likely to cause flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes, and flooding in low-lying areas.
Central region hot weather for the next 2 days
Meanwhile, hot weather continues in many provinces and cities in the Central region.
The area from Hue city to Da Nang city, the east of provinces from Quang Ngai to Dak Lak and Khanh Hoa will be hot, with intense heat in some places with the highest common temperature of 35-37 degrees C, in some places above 38 degrees C. The relative lowest humidity is commonly 50-55%. Hot weather from 11 - 17 hours.
From August 31, widespread hot weather in the Central region is likely to end.
Warning level of natural disaster risk due to hot weather is level 1. Due to the impact of hot weather combined with low humidity in the air, there is a risk of fire and explosion in residential areas due to increased electricity demand. In addition, hot weather can also cause dehydration for the human body when exposed to high temperatures for a long time.
Note that the forecast temperature in hot weather bulletins and the actual perceived temperature outside can differ from 2 - 4 degrees Celsius, and may even be higher depending on the condition of the buffer surface such as concrete and asphalt roads.
