Cold front blankets northern Vietnam

A cold front covered northern Vietnam bringing about showers and thunderstorms on Tuesday morning, the  National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Center has said it would turn cold on early morning and at night.

Within the day, the cold front would move further to the central region and bring medium to heavy rains to provinces from Thua Thien-Hue to Khanh Hoa in two to four consecutive days.

The center cautioned the provinces to keep watch of flash floods and landslides in mountainous regions.

Off the central coastal, northeasterly winds are set to peak level 7, 50-61 kilometers an hour, the sea would be rough, the center said.