Heavy rain in Ho Chi Minh City, many streets turned into rivers

TPO - Heavy rain from early afternoon on May 31st caused many streets in Ho Chi Minh City to be flooded. People had difficulty moving in the rain.

Since early afternoon on May 31, heavy rain has been falling in many places in Ho Chi Minh City. By 3 p.m., the UDI Maps app of the Ho Chi Minh City Urban Drainage Company Limited recorded images of many roads submerged in water.

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The heavy rain on the afternoon of May 31st left Ung Van Khiem Street (Binh Thanh District) flooded. Photo: UDI Maps

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According to the bulletin from the Southern Hydrometeorological Station, satellite cloud images, weather radar images and lightning positioning determined that thunderstorms are developing and causing rain with thunderstorms and lightning in Can Gio, Nha Be, Binh Chanh, Cu Chi districts, Thu Duc City and districts 1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, Binh Tan, Tan Phu, Binh Thanh.

The Meteorological Agency forecasts that in the next 0-3 hours, thunderstorms will continue to cause showers, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning in the above districts, then expanding to the entire city. Rainfall is generally 20-50 mm, in some places over 50 mm. During thunderstorms, beware of tornadoes, hail and strong gusts of wind of about level 5-7 (8-17 m/s).

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Heavy rain on Duong Van Cam Street (Thu Duc City). Photo: UDI Maps

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, today (May 31), the weather in the South is cloudy, sunny during the day, scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, locally heavy rain, showers and thunderstorms at night in some places, with the possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind. The lowest temperature is 24-27 degrees Celsius, the highest is 31-34 degrees Celsius, some places are over 34 degrees Celsius.