News of widespread thunderstorms in the North from the afternoon of August 14 and 10-day weather forecast in Hanoi area

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has issued a bulletin of widespread thunderstorms, localized heavy rain, tornadoes, lightning, and strong gusts of wind in the North and North Central regions and a 10-day weather forecast for the Hanoi area.

From the afternoon and night of August 14, in the Northern region, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An, there will be showers and thunderstorms. (Photo: Vu Luan)

Accordingly, currently (August 14), in the Northern region and Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, there are localized showers and thunderstorms.

Forecast, in the afternoon and night of August 14, in the Northern region, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, there will be showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with rainfall of 20-40mm, some places over 80mm.

Thunderstorms may produce tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind. Localized heavy rain may cause flooding in low-lying areas and the risk of flash floods and landslides in mountainous areas.

Warning level of natural disaster risk due to tornado and lightning: level 1.

The meteorological agency also forecasts that on August 14-15, the area from Quang Tri to Ninh Thuan will have hot and extremely hot weather with the highest temperature commonly ranging from 35-37 degrees Celsius, some places above 37 degrees Celsius. The lowest relative humidity is commonly 50-60%. The heat wave in the Central region is likely to last until around August 18-19.

Here is the 10 day weather forecast for Hanoi

Today, August 14, Hanoi is cloudy, with intermittent sunshine during the day and occasional showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and at night; thunderstorms may have tornadoes, lightning, and strong gusts of wind. Temperatures fluctuate, with the lowest being 25-27 degrees Celsius and the highest being 33-35 degrees Celsius.

On August 15-16, the capital will be cloudy with showers and thunderstorms, and sunny during the day. The highest temperature is 34 degrees Celsius.

On August 17, Hanoi was hot and sunny. Then, from August 18, Hanoi changed to cloudy weather with rain until the end of the week.