According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and this morning (May 19), the Northern, Central and Southern regions had scattered showers and thunderstorms, with locally heavy to very heavy rain.
Rainfall from 7:00 p.m. on May 18 to 8:00 a.m. on May 19 in some places is over 70mm, such as stations: Viet Lam (Tuyen Quang) 305.6mm, Bach Thong (Thai Nguyen) 116mm, Chieng Khuong (Son La) 73mm, Ngọk Reo (Quang Ngai) 96mm, Hoai An (Gia Lai) 77.2mm,...
The meteorological agency has forecast heavy rain developments in the next 24 - 48 hours in many areas across the country.
On May 19, the Northeast region of the Northern region will have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 15 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 150mm.
In the afternoon and night of May 19, the Central Highlands region will have rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms with rainfall of 20 - 40mm, locally heavy to very heavy rain over 100mm.
In the late afternoon and night of May 19, the area from Ha Tinh to Hue City, the South Central Coast and Southern regions will have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 70mm.
From the night of May 19 to the night of May 20, the Northern region, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain with common rainfall of 40 - 80mm, locally over 250mm.
On May 21, the Northern region, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain with common rainfall of 20 - 40mm, locally over 150mm.
The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting warns that in thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind with the risk level of natural disasters due to heavy rain, tornadoes, lightning, 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.
