According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, today (August 18), the Northern region, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and the Central Highlands have scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain; the Southern region has showers and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy rain. Rainfall from 7 am to 3 pm on August 18 in some places is over 50mm such as Nga My 2 monitoring station (Nghe An) 52.2mm, Tan Minh (Lam Dong) 55.8mm,...
The Northern mountainous region from the evening of August 18 to the night of August 19, will have moderate to heavy rain with rainfall of 50 - 100mm, locally very heavy rain over 150mm.
The Northern Midlands region from the evening of August 18 to August 20 will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 60 - 120mm, locally very heavy rain over 250mm.
The Northern Delta region and the South of Phu Tho, from Thanh Hoa to the North of Quang Tri province from the evening of August 18 to August 20, will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, with common rainfall of 100 - 200mm, locally very heavy rain over 300mm.
From the night of August 20, rain in the Northern region tends to gradually decrease.
From the night of August 20 to August 21, from Thanh Hoa to northern Quang Tri, there will be moderate to heavy rain with common rainfall from 40 - 90mm, locally very heavy rain over 150mm.
The southern area of Quang Tri province to Hue city from the afternoon of August 19 to August 20, will have moderate to heavy rain with common rainfall of 40 - 70mm, locally over 120mm.
Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 100mm within 3 hours.
The Central Highlands and Southern regions in the evening and night of August 18th, there will be showers and scattered thunderstorms with rainfall of 15-30mm, locally heavy rain over 70mm.
In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind. 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 slopes.
