On the morning of November 12, many areas in Ho Chi Minh City experienced thunderstorms with lightning. Heavy rain affected traffic on some routes, forcing vehicles to move slowly.
Many people working and picking up their children from school have difficulty due to limited visibility and slippery roads. At key intersections such as Lang Cha Ca roundabout and Ly Thai To intersection, the number of vehicles increased, causing local traffic congestion during rush hour.
Monitoring on satellite cloud images, weather radar images and lightning positioning shows that the thunderstorm area is developing and causing rain with thunderstorms and lightning in all wards/communes: Cat Lai, Binh Trung, Long Hai, An Thoi Dong, Can Gio, Long Phuoc, Long Binh, Thuong Tan...
In the next 30 minutes to 3 hours, thunderstorms will continue to develop, causing showers, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning in all neighborhoods, groups, hamlets, villages... in the above wards/communes, then expanding to other neighboring areas. Rainfall is generally from 8-40 mm, in some places over 50 mm. During thunderstorms, beware of tornadoes, hail and strong gusts of wind of about level 5-7 (8-17 m/s), heavy rain causing local flooding.
The thunderstorms are caused by weak strengthening of the continental cold high pressure. Weak wind convergence exists in the area.
