A flooded street after heavy reain caused by a tropical low last week in Quang Ngai Province

A tropical low that formed in the East Sea on Friday is causing torrential rain and flooding in central provinces, according to the national weather forecasting center.

Heavy rains saw water levels rise in local rivers like Huong in Thua Thien – Hue city province and Ve in Quang Ngai to the second and third danger levels respectively. River flooding happens at the fourth level.

Now some 270 kilometers to the east of the central coast, the low will move westwards at the speed of 5-10 kilometers per hour over the next 24 hours, the National Center of Hydro-meteorological Forecasting said on its website Monday morning.

While warning the central provinces of flash floods and landslides, the center didn’t say if it would strengthen into a storm or not.

Central Vietnam was hit late last month by typhoon Ketsana that killed 163 people and caused over VND14 trillion (US$785.85 million) in property loss.

Storm Parma, meanwhile, sunk 116 boats and destroyed 80 houses, leaving one person injured as it made landfall on the northern region early this month.

Source: Thanh Nien, Tuoi Tre