“Son Tinh,” the third storm appeared in the East Sea so far this year, weakened to a low pressure after making its landfall in the central provinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An on July 18, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The roofs of 13 houses in Xuan Pho commune, Nghi Xuan district Ha Tinh province were blown away

At 4:00am of July 19, the centre of the low pressure was at the 19.0 degrees north and 105.2 degrees east, in the mainland of Nghe An and Thanh Hoa, with highest wind speeds of 40-60 kilometres per hour.

In the next 12 hours, the low pressure is forecast to move westwards with a speed of 20-25 kilometres per hour, and continue to become weaker.

Affected by the low pressure, in early July 19, the sea will be rough in the Tonkin Gulf with strong wind at 6-7 levels and 2-4m high waves.

Strong wind also swept through the mainland in Thai Binh, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces, where disaster risk alert mounted to level three.

The northern and north central regions will see more strong rains from July 19-21.

Due to torrential rains from July 18, the roofs of 13 houses in Xuan Pho commune, Nghi Xuan district Ha Tinh province were blown away.

Widespread rains forecasted as Storm Son Tinh weakens

Northern provinces from Hoa Binh to Quang Binh will experience widespread rain as Storm Son Tinh weakens into a tropical depression.

Rains will mostly occur in Hoa Binh, Son La, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces. In the next two days, rains will spread out to other midland and mountainous areas in the northwestern provinces such as Vinh Phuc, Phu Tho, Tuyen Quang and Yen Bai.  

The estimated rainfall is between 10cm to 20cm. Some areas may have more than 25cm of rainfall. Warnings over flash floods and landslides have been issued.

Provinces from Quang Tri to Thua Thien-Hue will experience heavy rains and an average temperature of 28 to 31 degrees. The temperatures at night are around 23 to 26 degrees. Rains will also occur in central provinces from Danang to Binh Thuan during the afternoons and evenings. The average temperatures are 31 to 34 degrees.

VNA/Dtinews