Heavy rain accompanied by thousands of lightning strikes in Hoa Binh and North Central Coast

According to the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting, the evening and evening of 9-5 in Hoa Binh area, the provinces of the North Central and the Central Highlands have rain, medium rain and thunderstorms and localities in heavy rainy places.

Rainfall from 16h to 20h on 9-5 has places over 70mm such as Thanh Mai (Nghe An) 91mm, Tay Son (Ha Tinh) 85mm, Dak Blà (Kon Tum) 73mm, La Hiao (Gia Lai) 93mm, Dak Gioi (Dak Nong) 81mm, …

Data from the National Hydrometeorological Network Center (Hydrometeorological Department) showed that during the thunderstorm in the evening of 9-5, tens of thousands of lightning struck Vietnam and the surrounding area were recorded.

From 19h30 to 23h, recorded more than 42,000 lightning strikes to the ground and lightning in the clouds, including more than 15,000 lightning strikes to the ground, and the rest of the lightning struck in the clouds.

The map distribution of lightning density during the above time shows that lightning is concentrated mainly in the areas of Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa provinces coming to Quang Binh and partly in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.

Earlier in the rainy rain on the afternoon of 9-5 in Quang Tri, a male shipper was delivered, and on the way back, he was hospitalized and hospitalized.

According to weather experts, the cause of this heavy rain is due to the interaction between cold air and hot, humid air blocks covering the North.

“The strong fighting between these two opposite air blocks makes the weather become unstable and easily generated extremist phenomena such as thunderstorms with tornadoes, thunder, hail and strong winds, especially in the evening and night,” – experts said.

Meteorological agency forecast night 9 morning 10-5, in the North and North Central region with scattered showers and thunderstorms, localities in heavy rainfall with 15-30mm, local rainfall in some places over 60mm.

During the day and night, 10-5, in the Northern mountainous area, there is moderate rain, some places with heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall 20-50mm, some places over 100mm.

From the afternoon and night of 10-5, in the midlands and the Northern Delta with moderate rain, heavy rain, localities in very heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall 30-70mm, some places over 150mm.

From the afternoon of 10 to 11-5 morning, in the North Central region, it has moderate rain, heavy rain, locally where it is very heavy and thunderstorms with the 30-70mm coastal rainfall, some places over 150mm.

Warning the risk of localized rains is over 80mm in 3 hours. In thunderstorms there is a possibility of whirlwinds, lightning, hail and strong winds.