Tropical depressions cause heavy rain in the northern mountainous areas

Today, Lang Son, Quang Ninh and Bac Giang will have heavy rains, and this night, the rain area extends to the entire mountainous and midland region of the North.

7 o'clock today, the tropical depression is located in the north of Leizhou Peninsula (China), after taking an arc from the south of the Northern Delta, down to the Gulf of Tonkin, and then to Hainan Island (China). . The strongest wind power is 50km / h, level 6.

Tropical depressions caused thunderstorms for Lang Son, Quang Ninh and Hai Phong provinces this morning. At Bach Long Vi island, near low pressure area, the rain is nearly 60mm; Mong Cai rains nearly 30mm.

Predict the path and area of ​​tropical depression.(Photo: NCHMF).

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that day and night, tropical depressions follow the West-Northwest direction and weaken into low pressure areas. Eastern North including Quang Ninh, Lang Son and Bac Giang will have heavy rain (51-100mm in 24 hours), strong winds.

On 25-26 July, heavy rains will expand the entire mountainous and midland region of the North, with the focus being Cao Bang, Ha Giang, Lao Cai, Yen Bai and Lai Chau with a rainfall intensity of 50-150 mm a day.

Heavy rains appear at the right time in the mountainous and midland areas of Northern Vietnam, which have experienced heavy rain (July 13-21), increasing the risk of flash floods and landslides.

The plain and the capital of Hanoi, from this evening, it also transferred moderate rain (16-50 mm in 24 hours), there is a place of heavy rain in July 25-27 , the possibility of urban flooding, especially in the part West of Hanoi is very high.

The meteorological agency said that after July 27, the tropical convergence band went through the North of Vietnam, causing heavy rain on most of the North of Vietnam until the end of July. After July 27, heavy rain areas could expand to North Central.

The North is at the peak of the rainy season, the second half of July to August, then gradually decreases from September, while the North Central region peaks in August, the first half of September. Forecast, the 2018 rainy season ends Early endings due to El Nino's influence appeared later this year.