Proactively respond to heavy rain, flash floods, landslides in many areas

Rainfall from 7:00 p.m. on August 18 to 8:00 a.m. on August 19 was over 100mm in some places, such as: Phinh Ho station (Quang Ninh) 149.2mm, Tan Phong station ( Hai Phong City) 101.3mm, ...

Forecast heavy rain In the next 24-48 hours, from the morning of August 19 to the night of August 19, the Northeast and Thanh Hoa will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 40-70mm, locally very heavy rain over 150mm.

In addition, on the day and night of August 19, the Northwest region will have scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall of 10-30mm, with some places having heavy rain of over 80mm.

Warning of risk of heavy rain (>100mm/3h).

Thunderstorms may produce tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong winds.

From August 20, heavy rain in the areas gradually decreased.

In the next 3-6 hours, in the provinces: Dien Bien , Son La, Lang Son, Quang Ninh from 20-50mm, some places over 100mm; Thanh Hoa and Nghe An from 10-30mm, some places over 90mm.

Warning of the risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes in many communes/wards in the next 6 hours:

Warning level of natural disaster risk due to heavy rain, tornadoes, lightning, hail that can cause flooding in low-lying areas, urban and industrial areas; flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes.