Northern and Central mountainous areas have heavy rain, beware of flash floods and landslides

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, from 9:00 p.m. on October 15 to 3:00 a.m. on October 16, the provinces of Lai Chau, Yen Bai, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa and Ha Tinh had moderate rain, heavy rain, and very heavy rain in some places such as: Muong Khoa 1 (Lai Chau) 53.2mm; Trung Tam 1 (Yen Bai) 113.4mm; Tan Dong (Yen Bai) 105mm; Tan Dan 2 (Hoa Binh) 67.4mm; Thanh Phong (Thanh Hoa) 78.2mm; Duc Giang (Ha Tinh) 55.6mm...

Soil moisture models show that some areas in the above provinces are close to saturation (over 85%) or have reached saturation.

On the morning of October 16, the above provinces continued to have rain; in Lai Chau, Yen Bai and Hoa Binh, rain from 10-30mm, some places over 50mm; in Thanh Hoa and Ha Tinh from 20-40mm, some places over 100mm; risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes in many localities; warning of natural disaster risks due to flash floods, landslides, land subsidence due to heavy rain or level 1 flow.

Flash floods and landslides can have very negative impacts on the environment, threaten people's lives; cause local traffic congestion, affect the movement of vehicles; destroy civil and economic works, causing damage to production and socio-economic activities.

Meteorological experts also recommended that authorities in these localities pay attention to reviewing bottlenecks and vulnerable locations in the area to take preventive and response measures.

Weather forecast for the day and night of October 16, the Northwest is cloudy, with scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain; light wind; in thunderstorms there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind. Lowest temperature 21-24 degrees Celsius, some places below 20 degrees Celsius. Highest temperature 29-32 degrees Celsius.

The Northeast region is cloudy, with scattered showers and thunderstorms; mountainous and midland areas are cloudy, with scattered showers and thunderstorms, with some places experiencing heavy rain; light winds; thunderstorms are likely to cause tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind. The lowest temperature is 22-25 degrees Celsius, in mountainous areas it is below 21 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature is 29-32 degrees Celsius.

Hanoi capital is cloudy, with rain in some places, sunny in the afternoon; light wind. Lowest temperature 23-25 ​​degrees Celsius, highest 30-32 degrees Celsius.

From Thanh Hoa to Thua Thien-Hue provinces, the North is cloudy, with rain during the day, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain, scattered showers and thunderstorms at night, some places have heavy rain; the South is cloudy, with scattered showers and thunderstorms, some places have heavy rain; light wind; in thunderstorms there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind. The lowest temperature is 23-26 degrees Celsius, the highest is 28-31 degrees Celsius, some places in the South are over 31 degrees Celsius.

Provinces and cities from Da Nang to Binh Thuan are cloudy with rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain, rain concentrated in the afternoon and evening; Northeast wind level 2-3; in thunderstorms there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts. Lowest temperature 23-26 degrees Celsius, highest 30-33 degrees Celsius.

The Central Highlands region is cloudy, with scattered showers and thunderstorms, with rain in the afternoon and evening, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain; light wind; in thunderstorms there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts. The lowest temperature is 19-22 degrees Celsius, the highest is 28-31 degrees Celsius, some places are over 31 degrees Celsius.

Southern region: cloudy, rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain, rain concentrated in the afternoon and night; light wind; thunderstorms with possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts. Lowest temperature 24-27 degrees Celsius, highest 30-33 degrees Celsius.