Updated bulletin issued at 9:30 am on May 21 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 9:00 am on May 20 to 9:00 am on May 21), the area of the Northern provinces has had moderate rain, heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as the following monitoring station: Thu Lum 2 82.4mm (Lai Chau); Phieng Pan 57.4mm (Son La); Nang Yen 118.4mm (Phu Tho); Tuc Dan 2 98.4mm (Lao Cai); Ninh Lai 174.4mm (Tuyen Quang); Quan Chu 172.4mm (Thai Nguyen); Mau Son 152.6mm (Lang Son); Quang Ha 164.8mm (Quang Ninh); Son Dong 94.2mm (Bac Ninh)...
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 Northern provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly from 10 - 30mm, in some places over 50mm; Quang Ninh from 20 - 50mm, 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.
