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Warning: cold air causes heavy rain in central Vietnam
On October 19, flooding in the Ha Tinh provinces to Thua Thien-Hue continued to increase, prompting localities to evacuate 28,938 households with 90,967 people to safety. In Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri provinces, there were 166,782 homes flooded. In Quang Binh, flooding has divided 3 points on NH1 and 1 location on Ho Chi Minh Road. Many intra-provincial roads in Quang Binh are also in a situation of isolated and divided floods.
On the same afternoon of October 19, according to the National Hydrometeorological Forecast Center, the northern provinces were affected by the cold air wave causing strong northeast winds of level 6 – level 7, shock level 9 in the Gulf of Tonkin and Mar del Nordeste. Due to the influence of cold air combined with the area of strong easterly winds, in the coming days, the Northern provinces will have scattered rains and small rains, cold nights and mornings.
In particular, the National Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasts warned that, due to the influence of cold air combined with the tropical convergence with the axis that passes through Central Central, the provinces of Ha Tinh and Quang Binh have heavy rains. very big, there are great special places. The rain lasts until October 21 with a total rainfall of 150 to 300 mm, in some places more than 300 mm. In Nghe An, it rains from 20 to 50 mm, particularly in the south, there are places above 70 mm.
It is forecast that by October 21, Quang Tri to Da Nang provinces will have very heavy rains, popular rains of 150-250mm, in some places more than 300mm. The provinces from Quang Nam to Phu Yen have rainfall of 50-100mm, in some places more than 150mm.
On October 19, according to the National Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasts, a tropical depression in Philippine waters was heading towards the South China Sea and is likely to turn into a storm. Expected until 1:00 p.m. this afternoon (October 20), the location of the storm is about 15.5 degrees north latitude and 123.5 degrees east longitude, about 200 kilometers east of the island of Luzon (Philippines). The strongest wind near the center of strong storms is level 8, that is, 60 to 75 km / h, impact level 10. Forecast for the next 24 to 48 hours, the storm will move in a westerly direction, every hour is 20 to 25 km, enters the South China Sea and is likely to intensify. At 1:00 p.m. on October 21, the center of the storm was about 620 km from the Hoang Sa archipelago, to the southeast. Near the center of the storm, the strongest wind is at level 8 (level 9, that is, 60 to 90 km / h), level 11.
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