The northern region is seeing a hotterand drier autumn this year due to the effects of the El Nino phenomenonand the global climate change, weather experts say.
According to National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting(NCHMF) Deputy Director Le Thanh Hai, this year’s average temperaturein the region is 0.5-1.5 Celcius degrees higher than previous years.There is also less rain with a drop of between 30-40 percent or 200-300mm in rainfalls for August compared to normal.
El Nino started affecting Vietnam in July, causing higher temperatureand lower rainfalls, he said, adding that the global climate change hasaltered weather patterns.
Hai also said that there are already signs of water shortages foragricultural production and asked northern farmers to use water inproduction economically.
The NCHMF official noted that El Nino only affects northern provincesand the weather in the southern and central regions is still normal.
The El Nino phenomenon is described as a type of abnormal warming thatoccurs on the surface ocean waters in the part of the eastern tropicalpacific with its cycle of between 3-6 months./.
According to National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting(NCHMF) Deputy Director Le Thanh Hai, this year’s average temperaturein the region is 0.5-1.5 Celcius degrees higher than previous years.There is also less rain with a drop of between 30-40 percent or 200-300mm in rainfalls for August compared to normal.
El Nino started affecting Vietnam in July, causing higher temperatureand lower rainfalls, he said, adding that the global climate change hasaltered weather patterns.
Hai also said that there are already signs of water shortages foragricultural production and asked northern farmers to use water inproduction economically.
The NCHMF official noted that El Nino only affects northern provincesand the weather in the southern and central regions is still normal.
The El Nino phenomenon is described as a type of abnormal warming thatoccurs on the surface ocean waters in the part of the eastern tropicalpacific with its cycle of between 3-6 months./.
