The northern region of Vietnam is poised to brace itself for a new wave of increased cold air that will cause temperatures to fall to between 11 and 16 degrees Celsius.

A thin layer of frost could be seen covering the peak of Fansipan in Sa Pa in the northern province of Lao Cai on November 20 amid the outdoor temperature dropping to below zero degrees Celsius.

Torrential rain has over the past few days triggered floods in central Vietnam, forcing local residents to move to a higher ground for safety reasons.

HCM City is preparing for high tides forecasted for November 14-16.

The northern mountainous regions, including Lang Son and Cao Bang provinces, are bracing for an exceptionally harsh cold snap.

A cold air wave, the strongest since winter 2023, hit northern border provinces of Vietnam on November 12 evening and is impacting other localities in the northern and central regions on November 13.

Until the end of 2023, there is a possibility of two to three tropical storms and tropical depressions entering the East Sea, including one or two storms that may directly impact VN.

Nghe Tinh Railway JSC. yesterday announced a serious landslide incident on the North-South Railway route passing Ha Tinh Province at 3:00 am due to heavy rain.

In recent days, showers to downpours have battered provinces in the central region causing many roads to be cut off and many river banks and mountain areas are likely at risk of landslides. The region must cope with natural disasters.

VOV.VN - A cold air wave is moving closer to northern border provinces of Vietnam while tropical storm Sanba is changing its course and is likely to lose strength into a tropical depression.

Storm Sanba has entered the Gulf of Tonkin and is expected to continue gaining strength, becoming the fifth storm to hit the nation this year and causing heavy rains in the northern region.

A tropical depression in the East Sea is forecast to intensify into a storm today, October 18, with packing winds at level 8 and gusts at level 10, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting report.

A tropical depression is expected to move in a northwest direction at speed of around 10 km per hour, is likely to develop into a storm and impact the sea from Quang Tri province to Da Nang.

A low pressure area in the East Sea is likely to strengthen into a tropical depression that is anticipated to batter central Vietnam that has been enduring a long spell of heavy rain for several days.

Meteorologists have raised the flood alert level in central Vietnam to four in the country’s five-level natural disaster risk system amid torrential rain continuing to batter localities in the region, especially Da Nang and Thua Thien-Hue.

Torrentials are forecast for the region from Nghe An to Quang Nam provinces, with rainfall ranging from 200 to 400 mm, and even exceeding 700 mm in some areas.

The average temperature of the winter 2023-2024 will be higher than the average level in many years, according to Nguyen Van Huong, head of the Weather Forecasting Department under the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

Storm Koinu tends to downgrade into a tropical depression after entering the East Sea, according to the National Center for Hydrology Meteorology Forecasting.

The strongest winds recorded were at level 14 (150-166km/h). The typhoon is heading northwest at about 10km/h.

An early warning system for thunderstorm, lightning and flood was launched by the Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration at a ceremony to mark 78th anniversary of the sector in Hanoi on October 3.