According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 6 hours (from 8:00 to 14:00 on August 21), the areas of Thai Nguyen, Lang Son, Tuyen Quang and Lam Dong provinces have had moderate rain, heavy rain, and some places have had very heavy rain such as: Tan Lap 142.8mm (Thai Nguyen), Van Ninh 191.2mm (Lang Son), Trung Thanh 72.8mm (Tuyen Quang), Da P 70.4mm (Lam Dong);... Soil moisture model shows that some areas in the above provinces are nearly saturated (over 85%) or have reached a state of saturatation.
Warning in the next 3 - 6 hours (from 2:40 p.m. on August 21), the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall from 10 - 25mm, some places over 40mm.
Warning in the next 6 hours (from 2:40 p.m. on August 21), there is a risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes in many communes/wards.
The meteorological agency warns that the risk of natural disasters due to flash floods, landslides, and land subsidence due to heavy rain or water flow is level 1.
Flash floods and landslides can have serious impacts on the environment, threaten people's lives; cause local traffic congestion, affect the movement of vehicles; civil works and economic infrastructure, causing damage to production activities and social life.
The meteorological agency recommends that localities proactively review flow bottlenecks and vulnerable areas to take timely preventive and response measures to the above risks.
