According to data from Vietnam Electricity Group, at 9:00 am on May 3, in the Northeast region, Tuyen Quang reservoir had an upstream water level of 110.4m, 9.6m lower than the normal water level; water inflow to the reservoir reached 100m3/s and no discharge occurred.
In the Northwest region, Lai Chau reservoir reached 293.41m, lower than the normal water level by 1.59m, and the inflow to the reservoir was 108m3/s.
Ban Chat Lake reached 433.37m, more than 2m higher than the dead water level, with a flow rate of 209m3/s. Huoi Quang Lake reached 369.9m, approaching the normal water level.
Notably, Son La reservoir has an upstream water level of 205.67m, lower than the normal water level by more than 9m; water inflow to the reservoir reaches 225m3/s and is generating electricity with a total discharge flow of 508m3/s.
Hoa Binh Lake reached 108.79m, lower than the normal water level by more than 8m; water inflow to the lake reached 1,232m3/s, total discharge through the plant 430m3/s.
Meanwhile, Thac Ba Lake reached 51.65m, continuing to maintain water storage and has not generated discharge.
According to the forecast of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, on May 3rd, the Northern region and Thanh Hoa will have rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms, with locally heavy to very heavy rain.
From the afternoon of May 3rd, the area from Nghe An to Hue City will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, with locally heavy rain.
The Southern region will be hot during the day; in the late afternoon there will be scattered showers and thunderstorms in some places.