Workers of the Hanoi Green Park JSC trim branches of trees on Tran Duy Hung street in Hanoi ahead of the rainy season (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – One or two storms or lowpressure are forecast to appear in the East Sea and are likely to affectVietnam’s mainland in June, according to the National Hydro-MeteorologicalForecasting Centre.
The centre warned that the northern and centralregions of Vietnam may suffer from 2-3 hot spells in the month, but the heat-waveswill not last for long or be strong.
June is the peak of the rainy season in thenorthern region, when heavy rains may cause flash floods and landslides in the northernmountainous region, it said.
Heavy rain is also forecast in the CentralHighlands and southern regions, along with dangerous weather conditions such aswhirlwinds, hailstones and squalls.
[Up to 6 storms, tropical depressions affect mainland in 2018]
Specifically, in the first 10 days of June, averagetemperature will be equivalent to that in previous years, but rainfall ispredicted to be higher in almost every region, excepting for the north.
In the rest of the month, the temperature is forecastto be similar to that many years, with lower rainfall.
Average rainfall in the northern and southernregions is equivalent to that of in many years, while that of the centralregion will be 20-50 percent higher than the previous years. The rainfall willalso increase by 15-30 percent in the Central Highlands.-VNA
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