According to data from Vietnam Electricity Group, at 1:30 PM on March 4, in the Northeast region, Tuyen Quang Lake reached a water level of 114.51m, lower than the normal water level (120m), and has not yet discharged water.
In the Northwest region, the reservoirs on the Da River system recorded large inflows. Son La Lake has inflows reaching 957 m3/s – the highest in the system, total discharge flow of 449 m3/s, all through the plant. Hoa Binh Lake receives 437 m3/s and discharges 430 m3/s. Similarly, Lai Chau Lake has inflows of 433 m3/s, currently discharging 21 m3/s through the plant.
Some other reservoirs such as Huoi Quang and Ban Chat also maintain power generation with discharge flows of 73 m3/s and 264 m3/s respectively.
In the North Central region, Khe Bo reservoir recorded a flow rate of 258 m3/s and is discharging 186.5 m3/s through the plant. Meanwhile, Ban Ve reservoir has not yet discharged water.
In the Central Highlands and South Central Coast regions, most reservoirs have inflows at an average or low level. Notably, Srepok 3 reservoir is discharging a total of 206.86 m3/s, of which 0.86 m3/s is through the spillway. Buon Kuop reservoir discharges 10.95 m3/s through the spillway. An Khe reservoir discharges 8 m3/s through the spillway.
In the Southeast region, Tri An reservoir has a water flow of 120 m3/s but has not yet discharged water.
According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the weather forecast for March 4th, due to the impact of cold air, the mountainous areas of the Northeast region will be cold; other areas of the North, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An will be cold at night and in the morning. The lowest temperature in this cold air wave in the North and Thanh Hoa areas is commonly from 16 - 20 degrees C.
The area from Nghe An to Gia Lai has scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally with moderate to heavy rain.
The Southern region in the late afternoon and night has showers and thunderstorms in some places, sunny during the day.
