On the morning of September 18, thunderstorms developed, causing gloom in Ho Chi Minh City. Although it was early morning, it was still quite dark, and some people had to turn on their lights when traveling.
In the Southern regions, thunderstorms with showers will occur in the provinces of Long An, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Tay Ninh, and Binh Phuoc.
In the coming hours, thunderstorms will continue to develop and cause showers with thunderstorms and lightning in the above areas, then thunderstorms will tend to expand and spread to other neighboring areas.
Rainfall is generally from 6-30mm, some places over 40mm. During thunderstorms, beware of tornadoes, lightning, hail, strong winds of level 5-8 (8-21m/s), heavy rain causing localized flooding.
From September 18 to the night of September 19, the Southern region will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain with common rainfall of 30-70mm, locally over 120mm (rain concentrated in the afternoon and night). From September 20, heavy rain in the Southern region will tend to decrease gradually.
Be on guard against the risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes in many areas of Binh Phuoc (Bu Dang, Dong Phu, Loc Ninh, Dong Xoai City, Binh Long Town), Dong Nai (Dinh Quan, Tan Phu), Binh Thuan (Tanh Linh, Duc Linh, Ham Thuan Bac, Ham Thuan Nam)...
Flash floods and landslides can have very negative impacts on the environment, threaten people's lives; cause local traffic congestion, affect the movement of vehicles; destroy civil and economic works, causing damage to production and socio-economic activities.
