Drought in the South Central region lasts until September

The drought and lack of water in the southern central provinces until mid and late September 2015 has gradually improved, predicts the National Center for Hydrometeorology.

The situation of drought and lack of water in the South Central region

Explaining the serious drought situation in the South Central provinces in the early months of last year, Mr. Le Thanh Hai, Deputy General Director of the National Hydrometeorological Center said, the main reason is due to the annual rainfall. last at least for the past 10 years.

'Last year was ranked as a year of 10% shortage of rainfall compared to the annual average,' Hai said.

Another reason, according to Mr. Hai, is because there were few storms last year. According to Mr. Hai, the fact that less storms bring less rain. ' We still remember that in 2012 there was only one storm in Phu Yen - Binh Dinh, immediately in the beginning of 2013, there was a shortage of water, many reservoirs almost had no water'.

According to the National Center for Hydrometeorology, in 2014, there were 5 storms and 3 tropical depressions operating in the East Sea, much less than the average for many years. Among them, 3 storms affect our land.

The drought and lack of water in the South Central region will last until September 2015 to improve .

' This (drought, lack of water) is very common, according to the rules of El Nino and La Nina phenomena and especially recently due to climate change and the trend is getting more and more intense , ' he said. Hai added.

In 2015, there will be many storms, hot weather is less severe

According to the National Center for Hydrometeorology, in 2015 there will be about 9-10 storms , tropical low pressure in the East Sea, lower than the average of 12 years, but more than in 2014, only there are 8 bouts.

In particular, there are about 4-5 storms, tropical depression will directly affect the mainland of our country , lower than the average of 5-6 beats and higher than last year is 3 beats.

From the end of March-March 2015 , the northern thermal background is higher than the average of many years, while in the South is approximately the average of many years.

From May to October 2015, the national scale of heat is about 0.5-1 ° C higher than the average of many years, particularly in the South and Central Highlands, the average temperature fluctuates for many years.

Hot weather in Northern and Central Vietnam will appear more but less severe and less likely to last as long as 2014.

In addition, according to the forecast, in 2015 there will be many big floods, flash floods, landslides in the Northern, Central and Central Highlands provinces.

For the South, deep saline intrusion, salinity is high and will last from May 3-5 / 2015.