Tropical depression likely to form in the East Sea in the next 24 hours

The East Sea is likely to welcome a tropical depression in the next 24 hours (illustrative photo)

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that at 7:00 a.m. on June 9, the low pressure trough connected with a low pressure area in the North East Sea located at about 17.0 - 18.0 degrees North latitude; 117.2 - 118.2 degrees East longitude.

It is forecasted that in the next 24 hours, the low pressure area will move slowly to the West and may strengthen into a tropical depression.

During the day and night of June 9, the North East Sea (including the Hoang Sa archipelago), the central and South East Sea (including the Truong Sa archipelago), the sea from Binh Dinh to Ca Mau, Ca Mau to Kien Giang and the Gulf of Thailand will experience heavy rain and thunderstorms. During the thunderstorms, tornadoes, strong gusts of wind of level 6-7 and waves over 2 meters high are possible.

In addition, the sea area from Binh Thuan to Ca Mau, the sea area south of the central East Sea area, the South East Sea area (including the sea area of Truong Sa archipelago) has strong southwest wind level 5, sometimes level 6, gusting to level 7 - 8, rough sea, waves 1.5 - 3 m high.

On the mainland of our country, last night and this morning, the North had scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain. The rainfall from 7pm on June 8 to 8am on June 9 was over 70mm in some places such as: Lung Ha (Yen Bai) 115.2mm; Yen Hoa (Tuyen Quang) 87.8mm; Vinh Phuc ( Ha Giang ) 75.2m...

From the evening of June 9 to the morning of June 10, the mountainous and midland areas of the North continued to have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain with total rainfall ranging from 30 - 70 mm, in some places over 150 mm. The Northern Delta and Thanh Hoa had scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with rainfall ranging from 20 - 40 mm, in some places over 80 mm.

The meteorological agency warned of the risk of heavy rain with rainfall of over 100 mm in just 3 hours, increasing the possibility of flash floods and landslides in mountainous areas and flooding in urban areas and low-lying areas.

In addition, in the afternoon and evening of June 9, the Central Highlands and the South will maintain the weather pattern of rain, moderate rain and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with rainfall of 20 - 40 mm, some places over 70 mm. The South Central region will have showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with rainfall of 10 - 30 mm, some places over 50 mm.

From the afternoon of June 10, heavy rain in the North gradually decreased.

TH (according to VTC News)

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