Thai Nguyen streets were deeply flooded after heavy rain on the evening of August 22 – Photo: Thai Nguyen Radio and Television Station
According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, on August 22, there will be showers and thunderstorms in the Northern region, with some places experiencing heavy to very heavy rain (concentrated in the evening and at night), with many places experiencing over 100mm of rain, such as Soc Son (Hanoi) with 119mm, Quang Ha (Quang Ninh province) with 116mm, Phuc Triu (Thai Nguyen province) with 103mm…
In Thai Nguyen city, there was heavy rain for about 3 hours on the evening of August 22, causing many streets, Minh Cau street, Luong Ngoc Quyen – Phan Dinh Phung intersection, Hoang Gia intersection, the gate area of Thai Nguyen Central Hospital, the North-South intersection, Ben Tuong street… to be deeply flooded, paralyzing traffic.
On Z115 Road, a four-seater car was swept away by water for dozens of meters. On Hoang Gia Road, a taxi was also swept away.
Rainwater flooded up to the sidewalk, causing many motorbikes to fall over and drift away – Photo: T.NGUYEN
Quang Trung Street and several other roads appeared flooded in many spots more than 40cm deep, many cars and motorbikes stalled in the middle of the road, waiting for rescue.
At the Luong Ngoc Quyen – Hoang Van Thu intersection, rainwater flooded up to the sidewalk, many cars were knocked over and drifted away.
Heavy rain swept away a car in Thai Nguyen – Video: T.NGUYEN
The leveled intersection area of Thai Nguyen city is vast in the sea of water – Photo: T.NGUYEN
Minh Cau Street (Thai Nguyen city) on the evening of August 22 – Photo: T.NGUYEN
There will also be heavy rain in Hanoi tonight. In many areas, the rainfall measured up to 100mm such as: Nam Tu Liem 100mm, Me Tri 91mm, Mo Lao 88mm, Hai Boi 174mm, Truc Bach 88mm, the inner city areas have common rain from 40 to 80mm.
The meteorological agency warned of the risk of flooding on many streets and roads in Hanoi due to heavy rain.
The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting predicts that from tonight to tomorrow morning, August 23, in the Northwest, Viet Bac and Quang Ninh regions, there will be moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall from 20 – 50mm, locally very heavy rain over 120mm.
In addition, tonight and August 23, other places in the North and Thanh Hoa will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with rainfall from 15 – 30mm, locally over 60mm.
Thunderstorms can cause tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind. Heavy rain can cause flooding in low-lying areas, urban areas and flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes.