The meteorological agency noted that people should not pay too much attention to the center of the storm and the time of landfall, but should be vigilant about the time and area affected by strong winds and heavy rain.
Accordingly, the time the storm impacts will be earlier than the time the storm makes landfall. Heavy rain and strong winds are expected due to the storm, starting from the evening of October 5.
In the Northern region, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An, from the night of October 5 to the end of the night of October 7, there is a forecast of moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 100- 2 00mm, locally very heavy rain over 300mm. In particular, the mountainous and midland areas of the North will have heavy to very heavy rain with common rainfall from 150 - 250mm, locally over 400mm. Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 200mm within 3 hours.
In Hanoi, from early morning of October 6 to the end of October 7, there is a forecast of moderate rain, heavy rain, locally very heavy rain with common rainfall of 70 - 150 mm, some places over 250 mm.
In addition, in the afternoon and evening of October 4, in the area from Da Nang to Lam Dong and the South, there will be scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 80mm. 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.
