According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, today (July 8), the mountainous and midland areas of the Northern region and Quang Ninh will have showers and thunderstorms, with locally heavy to very heavy rain. The highlands of the Central and Southern regions will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, with locally heavy rain.
Rainfall calculated from 7 am to 3 pm on July 8, some places over 60mm such as Khau Tinh (Tuyen Quang) 93.4mm, Nam Xe 3 (Lai Chau) 81mm, Cam Pha (Quang Ninh) 69mm, Song Kinh Lake (Ho Chi Minh City) 74.4mm,...
The mountainous and midland areas of the Northern region and Quang Ninh from the evening of July 8 to the end of July 10, are forecast to have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 70 - 150mm, locally over 300mm.
Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 100mm within 3 hours.
Other areas of the Northern region from the evening of July 8 to July 9, are forecast to have showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 70mm. Rain concentrates in the afternoon, night, and early morning.
The Central Highlands and Southern regions from the evening of July 8 to July 9, are forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10-20mm, locally heavy rain over 50mm. Rain concentrates in the late afternoon and evening. In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind.
The meteorological agency forecasts that from the night of July 10, widespread heavy rain in the above areas will tend to gradually decrease.
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.
