According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and today (August 3), the Northwest region, Tuyen Quang, coastal areas of the North, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An will have showers and scattered thunderstorms, with locally heavy rain.
Rainfall calculated from 7 pm on August 2 to 8 am on August 3, some places over 100mm such as Xuan Giang (Tuyen Quang) 154.2mm, Coc My 2 (Lao Cai) 150.6mm, Hang Lia 1 (Dien Bien) 90.4mm,...
In the evening and night of August 3rd, in the North and North Central regions, there will be showers and scattered thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 35mm, locally heavy rain over 100mm. In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind.
From the afternoon of August 4 to August 5, rain in the Northern and North Central regions will increase. This area will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 40 - 80mm, locally very heavy rain over 130mm. Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 100mm within 3 hours.
From the night of August 5th to the night of August 6th, the Northern and North Central regions will continue to have moderate to heavy rain with common rainfall from 60 - 120mm, locally very heavy rain over 170mm.
The total rainfall for the whole period from the afternoon of August 4 to the night of August 6 is commonly from 100 - 200mm, locally over 300mm.
Warning level of natural disaster risk due to heavy rain, tornadoes, lightning, and hail is level 1.
Heavy rain and localized heavy rain are likely to cause flooding in low-lying areas, urban and industrial areas; flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes.
