Forecast for the North to continue to have heavy rain from now until morning of August 7, with some places over 200mm

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, today (August 5th), in the Northern region, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An, there will be moderate rain, heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms, with locally very heavy rain.

Rainfall from 7 am to 8 pm on August 5, some places over 100mm such as Thuong Giap (Tuyen Quang) observation station 139.8mm, Bach Ngoc 2 (Tuyen Quang) 137.8mm, Ngoc Son Management Board (Phu Tho) 130mm, Cam Nhan (Lao Cai) 119mm, Nga Son (Thanh Hoa) 142mm, ...

The Northern and North Central regions from the evening of August 5 to the morning of August 7 are forecast to have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 40 - 80mm, locally very heavy rain over 200mm. Warning of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall greater than 100mm within 3 hours.

From the afternoon of August 7, heavy rain in the North and North Central regions will gradually decrease.

The Southeast region in the evening and night of August 5th is forecast to have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 15-30mm, locally heavy rain over 80mm.

In thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. Warning level of natural disaster risk due to heavy rain, tornadoes, lightning, hail is level 1.

Heavy rain is likely to cause flooding in low-lying areas, urban and industrial areas; flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes.

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