Updated bulletin issued at 4:30 PM on August 23 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 4:00 PM on August 22 to 4:00 PM on August 23), the area of the Northern provinces and Thanh Hoa had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Xuan Nha 1 monitoring station 91.6mm (Son La); Tu Ly 110.4mm (Phu Tho); Cay Thi 130.2mm (Thai Nguyen); Ha Lang 297.8 mm (Cao Bang); Ban Chat 213.5 mm (Lang Son); Long Dinh 356.4 mm (Quang Ninh); Mai Suu 140 mm (Bac Ninh); Son Dien 88.8mm (Thanh Hoa);...
In the past 2 hours (from 2 pm to 4 pm on August 23rd), the Lao Cai province area had moderate to heavy rain such as Tram Tau observation station 68.8mm; Ban Cong 46mm;...
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 Northern provinces and Thanh Hoa provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly from 30-70mm, in some places over 100mm.
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; especially Lang Son, Quang Ninh is level 2.
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.
