Tag: extreme weather
El Nino likely to return as northern Vietnam faces weekend thunderstorms
VOV.VN - Vietnam’s weather agency has warned of a high likelihood that El Nino will return from mid-2026 and could grow significantly stronger toward the end of the year, bringing intensified heatwaves and more extreme weather.
Weather changes trigger unseasonal hailstorms in Northern Vietnam: expert
VOV.VN - Northern and North-Central Vietnam may continue to experience severe thunderstorms, hail, and strong winds in the coming days as transitional weather conditions persist, a senior meteorological expert has warned.
PM calls for modern disaster management amid rising extreme weather
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for urgent modernisation of the country’s disaster prevention and response system, warning that increasingly extreme weather is posing serious risks to lives, property and economic stability.
El Nino forecast to return in late 2026, more extreme weather expected
VOV.VN - Vietnam may experience longer and more intense heat waves in 2026 as the El Nino climate pattern is expected to re-emerge toward the end of the year, warn meteorological experts.
Extreme weather to persist in Vietnam, authorities warn of more storms ahead
VOV.VN - From now until the end of 2025, the number of storms and tropical depressions in the East Sea is expected to be higher than the multi-year average, while cold air fronts are forecast to increase in both intensity and frequency from October, earlier than usual, according to the Department of Hydrometeorology.
Cold air wave in summer – a sign of increasingly extreme weather
VOV.VN - A senior meteorologist has said there has been an increasing number of extreme weather patterns such as unseasonal cold spells and record-breaking rainfall happening right in the middle of summer in recent times, raising public concern about a powerful impact of climate change.
Vietnam braces for intense cold wave in February, expert warns
Vietnam is set to experience an intensified cold wave in February, with prolonged periods of severe cold expected, meteorologists warned on February 1.
Hail hits Hanoi capital, big trees fall during thunderstorms
VOV.VN - Thunderstorms accompanied by hail struck several districts of Hanoi capital on April 20 evening.
Vietnam has highest number of child displacements due to natural disasters
Vietnam saw a total of 930,000 children having to leave their homes in the six-year period between 2016 and 2021 due to extreme weather phenomena such as floods, storms and drought, according to a new UNICEF report released on October 6.
Climate extremes and dangers to Vietnam
It is no longer the common climate change, as scientists have heightened the alarm, using the term ‘climate extremes’ to refer to unexpected and extreme occurrences of calamities.