Various areas across Vietnam are being impacted by cold spells, causing the mercury to plunge to less than 20 degrees Celsius in the southern region and down to -0.8 degrees Celsius in the north. According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the temperature in southern provinces decreased by one to two degrees on Tuesday morning. The lowest temperature was recorded at 17.3 degrees Celsius in Ta Lai Commune, Dong Nai Province. Average lows in other southern provinces ranged between 18 and 21 degrees Celsius. In Ho Chi Minh City, mercury plummeted to 21 degrees Celsius, resulting in a chilly atmosphere during the early morning. It is expected to be even cooler on Wednesday morning as the snap continues to strengthen, said Le Dinh Quyet, deputy head of the Southern Weather Forecast Station. The lowest temperature is anticipated to be approximately 17 to 18 degrees Celsius in the region, Quyet elaborated, adding that it could get as low as 19 degrees Celsius in Ho Chi Minh City. This weather pattern will linger until the end of Wednesday. Frost started to form in Sa Pa Town, located in the northern province of Lao Cai, on February 5, 2018. Photo: Tuoi Tre Meanwhile, an extreme cold snap has also affected northern Vietnam in the past days. The lowest temperature in the area was -0.8 degrees Celsius, recorded in the mountainous Mau Son Commune, Lang Son Province on Monday morning. In Sa Pa, a tourist town in Lao Cai Province, mercury also decreased… [Read full story]
Unseasonal rain is expected to continue in southern Vietnam on Tuesday, while temperature in northern localities will plummet due to the presence of a cold snap. Unusually large amounts of rainfall have dampened large areas across the southern region of the country over the past two days, and are forecast to linger until the end of Tuesday before decreasing in intensity, said Le Dinh Quyet, an official of the Southern Weather Forecast Station. The downpours on Sunday and Monday mainly occurred in Ho Chi Minh City, as well as provinces in the southeast region, and half of the Mekong Delta,…... [read more]
Weather experts say global warming not only warms the world, it also brings colder extreme weather. "It means a higher risk of more extreme weather like freezing winter, snowstorms and scorching hot in the coming five decades," Kuang Yaoqiu, professor with Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told China Daily yesterday. Kuang said most regions that are located north of 40 degrees latitude are suffering from the freezing cold this year. Beijing, at 39 degrees north latitude, has witnessed its coldest morning in almost 40 years and its biggest snowfall since 1951. Britain is suffering through…... [read more]
A cold front is hitting southern Vietnam, having caused a sharp temperature drop in the past few days and led to a rise in respiratory problems among residents. Affected by the cold spell, the temperatures in many southern localities have suddenly plummeted during the last several days, according to the Southern Hydro-Meteorological Station. Residents in Ho Chi Minh City trembled on Thursday as it was 18 degrees Celsius, five degrees lower than a day before, too cold for a tropical city with over 30°C being its ‘standard’ temperature. It was even colder in Phuoc Long and Dong Phu Districts in…... [read more]
A newly formed storm is heading towards the East Vietnam Sea and is expected to impact the country’s southern region sometime over the next few days. According to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, Typhoon Tembin was located in southern Philippines at 7:00 am on Friday, packing winds at 90 to 100km per hour and gusts of up to 149km an hour. The storm is set to travel westward at 20km an hour over the next 24 hours. The typhoon is forecast to reach 330 kilometers southeast of the Philippines’ Palawan Island by 7:00 am on Saturday, picking up speed…... [read more]
The temperature of the northern region will hover between 11 and 14 degrees Celsius. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - A cold wave which hit the northern region on January 28 has lowered temperatures in the northern and northern central localities down to around 10 degrees Celsius. The cold snap is expected to last for the next 10 days. According to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, the cold spell is predicted to bring rain and even frost to the northern mountainous area. The temperature of the northern delta region will hover between 11 and 14 degrees Celsius. Mountainous areas will be…... [read more]
