According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, today (May 16), the Northern region will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, with some places having heavy rain. Rainfall from 7am to 3pm on May 16 was over 60mm in some places such as: Dong Tam (Ha Giang) 69mm, Na Hang (Tuyen Quang) 81mm,...
From the evening of May 16 to May 17, the Northern region and Thanh Hoa are forecast to have showers and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with rainfall from 10 - 30mm, some places over 60mm. Rain will be concentrated in the evening, night and morning.
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, locally heavy rain to very heavy rain with rainfall from 20 - 40mm, some places over 80mm.
From the evening of May 17 to the night of May 18, the Northern region and Thanh Hoa are forecast to have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain. The mountainous and midland areas of the North will have common rainfall from 40 - 90mm, some places over 150mm.
Son La, Hoa Binh, the Northern Delta and Thanh Hoa areas will have common rainfall of 30 - 60mm, some places over 80mm.
The meteorological agency warns of the risk of local heavy rain (rainfall greater than 80mm within 3 hours).
From May 19, heavy rain in the Northern region and Thanh Hoa will gradually decrease.
The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting warns that the natural disaster risk level due to heavy rain is level 1. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind.
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.
