The rainy and stormy season in 2010 is forecasted to develop in a very complicated manner. Big storms, flooding, flash floods and landslides may occur in the northern and central mountainous areas, speculated a senior weather forecaster.
Bui Minh Tang, Director of the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, revealed that 6-7 storms and tropical depressions will hit Vietnam this year, the same as in 2009.
Yet natural rhythms have been unusual, Tang observed, with an early tropical depression that moved from Binh Thuan to Soc Trang in January.
He also commented that floods on northern rivers, as well as in the central regions, will be less serious and arrive late.
The largest flood is forecast to appear in major northern rivers in late July and August 2010. The largest in rivers in Thanh Hoa and Binh Thuan provinces is predicted for August and September, with Nghe An to Quang Binh and central highlands’ rivers expected to flood in September and October. Other floods are forecast in Quang Tri to Binh Thuan for October and November and in Tien and Hau Rivers for late September to early October.
Floods will also be higher on average than last year.
Tan warned people to be vigilant against sudden floods, storms and landslides in the mountainous areas.
PV
