According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and this morning (August 29), the Central and Southern highlands had scattered showers and thunderstorms, with some places having heavy rain.
Rainfall from 7pm on August 28 to 8am on August 29 has measurements over 50mm such as Mo Rai (Quang Ngai) 110mm, Yang Nam (Gia Lai) 51.6mm, Thoi Binh (Ca Mau) 71.8mm...
The midlands, Northern Delta and Da Nang city from the evening and night of August 29 to the night of August 30 are forecast to have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms; common rainfall is 70 - 150mm, locally over 300mm.
The area from Thanh Hoa to Hue city from the evening and night of August 29 to the night of August 30 is forecast to have heavy to very heavy rain; common rainfall is 120 - 250mm, locally over 450mm.
The meteorological agency warns of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 150mm within 3 hours.
Other places in the North, the area from Quang Ngai to Lam Dong and the South on the afternoon and night of August 29, are forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms; rainfall from 10 - 30mm, locally over 80mm.
The meteorological agency warns of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 60mm within 3 hours.
On August 31, heavy rain continued in the midlands, Northern Delta and Da Nang city with common rainfall of 30 - 50mm, locally over 100mm.
The area from Thanh Hoa to Hue city is generally 50 - 100mm, locally over 150mm.
Thus, the total rainfall from the evening of August 29 to August 31 in the midlands, Northern Delta and Da Nang city is generally 100 - 200mm, locally over 400mm; in the area from Thanh Hoa to Hue city, about 150 - 350mm, locally over 600mm.
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; the area from Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri is level 2.
Heavy rain is likely to cause flooding in low-lying areas, urban areas, industrial parks; 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 at https://luquetsatlo.nchmf.gov.vn and in separate newsletters warning of flash floods and landslides.
