Today (August 27), the Northern region has scattered showers and thunderstorms, with locally heavy to very heavy rain.
Rainfall from 7 am to 3 pm on August 27 in some places was over 90mm such as Nam Ty monitoring station (Tuyen Quang) 101mm, Kim Loan (Cao Bang) 91.4mm...
In Hanoi, from 4 pm this afternoon, black clouds covered many inner city areas of Hanoi, making the sky dark. From 4:20 pm, convective clouds developed strongly, causing thunderstorms in many places.
Forecast for the evening and night of August 27, the Northern region will have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10 - 30mm, especially mountainous and midland areas locally have heavy rain over 70mm.
In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. Disaster risk level due to tornadoes, lightning, hail is level 1.
Rainstorms accompanied by tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind can affect agricultural production, causing trees to fall, damage to houses, traffic works, and infrastructure. Localized heavy rains are likely to cause flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes, and flooding in low-lying areas.
