According to the bulletin issued at 5:40 PM on May 28 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 2 hours (from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM on May 28), the area of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces had moderate to heavy rain such as: Muong Ly 53.8mm, Trung Ly 38.4mm (Thanh Hoa); Thanh Thuy 54.6mm; Thong Thu 37.8mm (Nghe An);...
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 common rainfall from 30 - 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.
