Updated bulletin issued at 10:30 am on June 26 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 12 hours (from 10:00 pm on June 25 to 10:00 am on June 26), the mountainous provinces of the Northern region had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Tinh Tuc monitoring station 257mm (Cao Bang); Quang Nguyen 208.4mm (Tuyen Quang); Dong Vien 185mm (Thai Nguyen); Nam Xe 95.4mm (Lai Chau); Lang Cang 85.4mm (Lao Cai); Mau Son 99.6mm (Lang Son)...
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 3-6 hours, the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly from 20 - 40mm, locally over 60mm.
Warning in the next 6 hours, there is a 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, 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.
