According to Lao Dong, there will be thunderstorms in many places in Ho Chi Minh City. Prolonged rain caused some roads such as Quoc Huong, Nguyen Duy Trinh, Do Xuan Hop... to be flooded.
The news released at 8:50 p.m. on August 17 from the Southern Hydrometeorological Station shows that the thunderstorm area is developing and causing rain with thunderstorms and lightning in Binh Chanh commune, Tan Nhut commune, Long Phuoc commune, Binh Loi commune, Tan Tao ward, Cat Lai ward, Binh Trung ward, Long Truong ward, Tan Vinh Loc commune, Long Phuoc ward, Vinh Loc commune, Phuoc Long ward, Tang Nhon Phu ward, Long Binh ward, Thu Duc ward, Linh Xuan ward...
In the next 0-3 hours, thunderstorms will continue to develop, causing showers, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning in the above areas, then expanding to other neighboring areas.
Rainfall is generally from 16-80 mm, in some places over 90 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 the low pressure trough with an axis through the North Central region. The southwest monsoon in the Southern region will operate at medium to strong intensity. Wind convergence exists in the area.
