Updated bulletin issued at 9:40 am on May 20 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 9:00 am on May 19 to 9:00 am on May 20), the area of the Northern provinces has had moderate rain, heavy rain, and very heavy rain in some places such as the following monitoring station: Lang Can 1 140.8mm (Tuyen Quang); Nghia Do 122.8mm (Lao Cai); Tan Pheo 188.4mm, Muong Chieng 152.8mm (Phu Tho); Cu Van 119.2mm (Thai Nguyen);...
In the past 12 hours (from 9 pm on May 19 to 9 am on May 20), the areas of Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Lang Son and Bac Ninh provinces had moderate to heavy rain such as: Pa Ve Su 4 83.2mm (Lai Chau); Huu Lung 76mm (Lang Son); Bo Ha 98mm, Lang Giang 62.6mm (Bac Ninh);...
The soil moisture model shows that some areas in the Northern provinces have nearly saturated (over 85%) or reached a state of saturation.
Warning that in the next 3-6 hours, the Northern provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly from 20 - 40mm, in some places over 70mm.
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.
