The northern sea area of ​​the North East Sea has strong northeast winds of level 5, sometimes level 6, gusting to level 7-8; rough seas; waves 2-3m high. (Source: National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting)

According to the latest news at 10:00 a.m. on October 15 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the tropical convergence zone connecting with the low pressure area at 7:00 a.m. on October 15 was located at about 13.5-14.5 degrees North latitude; 111.5-112.5 degrees East longitude.

Meteorological experts say that in the next 24 hours, the low pressure area will move slowly in a West-Northwest direction and is likely to strengthen.

During the day and night of October 15, the sea area from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai, Binh Thuan to Ca Mau, the North East Sea (including Hoang Sa sea area), the central and southern East Sea area will have showers and thunderstorms; the sea area south of Bac Bo Gulf, the sea area from Binh Dinh to Ninh Thuan, Ca Mau to Kien Giang and the Gulf of Thailand will have scattered showers and thunderstorms. During the thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes and strong gusts of wind of level 7-8.

In addition, the northern sea area of ​​the North East Sea has strong northeast winds of level 5, sometimes level 6, gusting to level 7-8; rough seas; waves from 2-3m high. From early morning on October 16, in the Gulf of Tonkin, there are strong northeast winds of level 5, sometimes level 6, gusting to level 7-8; rough seas; waves from 1.5-2.5m high.

All vessels and other activities in the above sea areas are at high risk of being affected by cyclones and strong gusts of wind.

On land, early in the morning of October 15, Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang, and Quang Nam had heavy to very heavy rain. The rainfall as of 8:00 a.m. on October 15 was over 170mm in some places, such as: Bach Ma (Thua Thien Hue) 190.6mm, Hoa Son (Da Nang) 269.6mm, Binh Phu (Quang Nam) 195mm... The Central Highlands, the South, and other places in the South Central Coast had showers and thunderstorms, with some areas having moderate to heavy rain; the rainfall as of 7:00 a.m. on October 15 was over 100mm in some places, such as: Tan Binh (Ninh Thuan) 112.3mm, Dao Nghia (Dak Nong) 111.4mm, Bu Dang ( Binh Phuoc ) 154.6mm, Thoi Lai (Can Tho) 142.6mm, Ba Tri (Ben Tra) 112.2mm.

From October 15 to October 17, in the area from Quang Binh to Binh Dinh, there will be heavy to very heavy rain with common rainfall from 150-250mm, some places over 400mm; in Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang , Quang Nam areas, 250-450mm, some places over 800mm; in Ha Tinh area, there will be moderate to heavy rain with common rainfall from 50-100mm, some places over 150mm.

In addition, during the day and night of October 15, in the Central Highlands, the South, Phu Yen, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, there will be rain, moderate rain and thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain with rainfall of 30-50mm, some places over 80mm (thunderstorms are concentrated in the afternoon and night).

From October 17-18, rain tends to expand to the North; the area from Southern Nghe An to Quang Ngai has heavy rain of 100-200mm, in some places over 400mm.

Warning level of natural disaster risk due to heavy rain, tornadoes, lightning: Thua Thien Hue, Da Nang level 4; Quang Nam level 3; Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Quang Ngai level 2; Ha Tinh, Binh Dinh level 1.

People should be on guard against the risk of flash floods and landslides in mountainous areas and flooding of rice fields and crops in low-lying areas; be on guard against heavy rain in a short period of time causing flooding in urban areas. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind.

Due to prolonged heavy rain, from October 15 to 18, a flood occurred on rivers from Quang Binh to Quang Ngai, with flood amplitudes rising from 3-7m in the upper reaches of rivers and from 1-4m in the lower reaches. During this flood, the peak water level in rivers in Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Quang Ngai rose to alert level 1-2, with some rivers above alert level 2; rivers in Thua Thien Hue and Quang Nam rose to alert level 2-3. Flood risk warning level 2,3.

Floods on rivers cause inundation of low-lying areas along rivers, affecting activities such as water transport, aquaculture, agricultural production, people's lives and socio-economic activities.

To proactively respond to heavy rains in the coming time, the Standing Office of the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control requests affected localities to continue implementing Official Dispatch No. 950/CD-TTg dated October 12, 2023 of the Prime Minister on proactively responding to floods in the Central region; closely monitor the developments of floods and rains, to proactively and be ready to deploy response measures.

Provinces and cities mobilize forces to support people in responding to and overcoming the consequences of floods and storms; promptly provide food and essential necessities to affected households.

Coastal localities closely monitor developments of low pressure areas, thunderstorms, tornadoes, and strong gusts of wind, and proactively deploy response measures./.

According to VNA