According to the bulletin issued at 4:30 PM on June 27 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 4:00 PM on June 26 to 4:00 PM on June 27), the area of Thai Nguyen and Cao Bang provinces had moderate to heavy rain such as Nghien Loan 2 monitoring station 60mm (Thai Nguyen); Truong Luong 59.8mm (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 that in the next 3-6 hours, the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly from 10 - 30mm, in some places over 50mm.
Warning in the next 6 hours, there is a risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes in the above provinces, especially in communes/wards.
Thai Nguyen: Bang Thanh, Cao Minh, Dong Hy, Nghien Loan, Quan Chu, Quang Son, Thuong Minh, Van Han
Cao Bằng: Đàm Thủy, Đông Khê, Hạnh Phúc, Kim Đồng, Minh Tâm, P. Tân Giang, Thạch An, Trường Hà, Xuân Trường
The meteorological agency warns that the level of natural disaster risk due to flash floods, landslides, and 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; civil and economic works causing damage to production activities and socio-economic activities.
The meteorological agency recommends that local functional agencies pay attention to reviewing flow bottlenecks and key locations in the area to have preventive and response measures.
