According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, today, June 30, the mountainous and midland areas of the Northern region, Quang Ninh, and Hai Phong city will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, with locally very heavy rain. Rainfall from 7 am to 3 pm on June 30 in some places is over 80mm such as Xuan Minh 1 monitoring station (Tuyen Quang) 135.2mm, Phan Thanh (Lao Cai) 114.4mm, Lao Xa Phinh (Dien Bien) 84.4mm,...
The mountainous and midland areas of the Northern region, Quang Ninh and Hai Phong city from the evening of June 30 to the night of July 1, are forecast to have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 50 - 100mm, locally very heavy rain over 250mm. Rain concentrated in the late afternoon, night and morning. Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 100mm/3 hours.
Other places in the North from the evening of June 30 to the morning of July 1 are forecast to have rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms with common rainfall of 20-40mm, locally heavy rain over 80mm.
Thanh Hoa, Nghe An areas, from Hue city to Lam Dong and the South in the evening and evening of June 30, are forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, locally heavy rain over 70mm. In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind.
The meteorological agency forecasts that from July 2nd, heavy rain in the Northern region will tend to gradually decrease; the Central Highlands and Southern regions will have moderate rain, with heavy to very heavy rain in some places and thunderstorms.
Warning level of natural disaster risk due to heavy rain, tornadoes, lightning, and hail is level 1.
Regarding the hydrological situation, currently, the water level on some rivers in Lao Cai, Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang, Cao Bang provinces is rising, on other rivers in the Northern region changing slowly and below alarm level 1. The water level upstream of the Gam River at Bao Lac station is above alarm level 2, on the Thuong River at Cau Son station, on the Cau River at Thac Gieng station, on the Bang Giang River at Bang Giang station fluctuates above alarm level 1.
Warning from tonight (June 30) to July 1, 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-alerte level 2, with some rivers above 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 can cause flooding in low-lying areas along rivers, affecting activities such as waterway traffic, aquaculture, agricultural production, people's livelihoods and socio-economic activities.
