According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, today (June 16), the Northeast region and coastal plains will have rain, showers and thunderstorms in some places, locally heavy rain. Rainfall from 7 am to 3 pm on the 16th. 6 locally over 20mm such as Bang Mac (Lang Son) monitoring stations 25.2mm, Mong Duong (Quang Ninh) 53.6mm...
The mountainous and midland areas of the Northern region from the evening of June 16 to June 18, will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 50 - 120mm, locally very heavy rain over 250mm. Rain concentrated from late afternoon to morning. Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 100mm within 3 hours.
Warning on the night of June 18, the Northern mountainous region will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally very heavy rain over 60mm.
The Northern Delta, Southern and western Lam Dong regions from the evening of June 16 to June 17, are forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 60mm. Rain concentrated in the late afternoon and night.
In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. Warning level of natural disaster risk due to heavy rain, tornadoes, lightning, hail is level 1.
Regarding the hydrological situation, currently, the water level on some rivers in Tuyen Quang, Lang Son, and Thai Nguyen provinces is rising, other rivers in the Northern region are changing slowly and are below alarm level 1.
From this afternoon (June 16) to June 18, on small rivers, upstream of main rivers in the Northern region, there is a possibility of a flood, the flood amplitude on rivers is from 2 - 4m. During this flood, the peak flood water level on small rivers is likely to reach alarm level 1 - alarm level 2.
High risk of flash floods and landslides occurring in mountainous and midland provinces in the Northern region. Warning level of natural disaster risk due to floods is level 1.
Floods on rivers and streams may cause flooding in low-lying areas along rivers, affecting activities such as waterway traffic, aquaculture, agricultural production, people's livelihoods and socio-economic activities.
