Heavy rain in Central region, Ha Tinh has places with over 400mm in a few hours

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, today (October 30), in the area from Southern Nghe An to Phu Yen, there will be moderate rain, heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms . In particular, the area from Ha Tinh to Quang Tri and Quang Nam, Quang Ngai will have heavy to very heavy rain.

Rainfall from 7am to 3pm in some places was over 140mm such as: Huong Thuy (Ha Tinh) 404mm, Quang Kim (Quang Binh) 187mm, Tinh Tho (Quang Ngai) 148mm,...

In addition, in the past 24 hours - from 2:00 p.m. on October 29 to 2:00 p.m. this afternoon - rainfall in Yen Thuong was 157.4mm (Nghe An); Phuc Dong 511.0mm (Ha Tinh); Huong Hoa 117.8mm (Quang Binh); Hien Luong 250.8mm (Quang Tri); Xuan Binh 131.6mm (Quang Nam);...

Heavy rain in the Central region, especially Ha Tinh with the highest rainfall in the past hours, causing flooding in many places. Photo: Thien Luong

In this afternoon's bulletin, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting warned that the risk level of natural disasters caused by heavy rain, tornadoes, lightning, and hail in Ha Tinh, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam, and Quang Ngai has reached level 2.

According to the meteorological agency, the weather forecast from this afternoon to tomorrow (October 31) is that Ha Tinh will continue to have very heavy rain, with rainfall ranging from 100-200mm, with some places over 250mm. Notably, heavy rain will be concentrated this afternoon and tonight.

At the same time, the area from Quang Binh to Quang Tri also has heavy rain, some places have very heavy rain with total rainfall from 80-150mm, some places have over 200mm. From this afternoon to the morning of November 2, in the area from Thua Thien Hue to Khanh Hoa, there is heavy rain, some places have very heavy rain with total rainfall from 100-250mm, some places have over 400mm.

Specifically rainfall in the Central region. Source: NCHMF

In addition, this afternoon and tonight, in the Southern Nghe An, Central Highlands, and Southern regions, there will be showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with rainfall of 20-40mm, in some places over 70mm.

The meteorological agency also warned that soil moisture models showed that some areas in the above provinces were nearly saturated (over 85%) or had reached saturation. Therefore, there was a high risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, and landslides on steep slopes in nearly 50 districts.

Weather forecast for the next 10 days: Mild sunshine in the North, continuous rain in the Central and South

Weather forecast for the next 10 days, the North will maintain the pattern of mild sunny days and mostly no rain or light rain. The North and Central Central, Central Highlands and the South will have continuous rain.

Heavy rains in the Central region, rolling from Southern Nghe An - Quang Ngai

Due to the influence of cold air, the Central region will begin to experience continuous heavy rain from tonight until November 2, concentrated in the area from Southern Nghe An to Quang Ngai; there is a high risk of flooding and landslides.

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