Updated bulletin issued at 8:30 am on August 4 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 8:00 am on August 3 to 8:00 am on August 4), the areas of Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La, Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang and Cao Bang provinces have had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Nam Cuoi monitoring station 137.6mm (Lai Chau); Na Tau 3 112.8mm (Dien Bien); Bac Phong 121.2mm (Son La); Lung Ha 175.8mm (Lao Cai); Xuan Giang 1 208.6mm (Tuyen Quang); Thach Lam 103.2mm (Cao Bang);...
The soil moisture model shows that some areas in the above provinces have been near saturation (over 85%) or reached saturation status.
Warning in the next 6 hours, the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly in Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La and Lao Cai from 20 - 50mm, in some places over 70mm; Tuyen Quang and Cao Bang from 10 - 30mm, in some places over 50mm.
Risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes in many communes/wards.
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, causing local traffic congestion, affecting the movement of vehicles; 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.
