Updated bulletin issued at 8:30 am on June 30 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 6 hours (from 2 am to 8 am on June 30), the area of Dien Bien province and Hai Phong city had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Phu Lien observation station 149.8mm; Cat Ba 110.7mm (Hai Phong); Xin Chai 64mm, Sin Thau 54.4mm (Dien Bien);...
The soil moisture model shows that some areas in the above province/city have been near saturation (over 85%) or reached saturation status.
Warning in the next 3-6 hours, the above province/city area will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly from 20 - 40mm, in some places over 70mm.
Warning in the next 6 hours, the risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes in the above province/city, especially in communes/wards:
Dien Bien: Muong Lay, Sin Chai, Sin Thau, Sinh Phinh, Tua Thang wards;
Hai Phong City: Cat Hai Special Zone, Kien An Ward, Phu Lien Ward.
Warning level of natural disaster risk due to flash floods, landslides, subsidence due to rain, floods or currents is level 1.
Flash floods and landslides can have very negative impacts on the environment, threatening people's lives; causing local traffic congestion, affecting the movement of vehicles; destroying civil and economic works, causing damage to production activities and socio-economic activities.
The meteorological agency recommends that functional agencies in localities pay attention to reviewing flow bottlenecks and key locations in the area to have preventive and response measures.
