Severe thunderstorms, Ho Chi Minh City flooded everywhere

After 10 p.m., many places in Ho Chi Minh City, from the center to the suburbs, experienced heavy rain, accompanied by extreme weather phenomena such as thunderstorms, lightning, and strong winds, causing danger to road users.

The heavy rain that lasted for more than an hour caused severe flooding in many areas. Strong winds blew away many signs and knocked down trees.

Flooding on Pham Van Chieu Street. Photo: Nguyen Phuong Thao

Previously, at 9:30 p.m., the Southern Hydrometeorological Station issued a warning of rain with thunderstorms and lightning for the entire Ho Chi Minh City area.

According to the agency, monitoring satellite cloud images, weather radar images and lightning positioning shows that thunderstorms are developing strongly and causing thunderstorms in almost all districts of Ho Chi Minh City. In addition, thunderstorms in Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Vung Tau are also tending to move towards Ho Chi Minh City.

Flooding on Phan Van Tri Street. Photo: Man Nhi

This agency warns that in the next 3 hours, thunderstorms will continue to cause rain with thunderstorms and lightning in the entire Ho Chi Minh City area, with some places experiencing moderate to heavy rain. The clouds will then move and expand in an east-northeast - west-southwest direction to other neighboring districts and counties, causing thunderstorms.

At the same time, the thunderstorms that are currently present in the neighboring provinces after moving to Ho Chi Minh City will continue to cause showers and thunderstorms for the entire city. Rainfall is generally from 10-30mm, in some places over 40mm. During thunderstorms, beware of lightning and strong gusts of wind of about level 5-7 (8-17m/s).

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