According to the bulletin issued at 3:30 PM on April 23 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 2 hours (from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM on April 23), the area of Ha Tinh and Quang Tri provinces had moderate to heavy rain such as: Son Hong 37.2mm, Border Guard Station 30mm (Ha Tinh); Lam Hoa 72.2mm, Trong Hoa 46.6mm (Quang Tri);...
In the next 3-6 hours (calculated from 3:30 PM on April 23rd), the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly from 10 - 30mm, in some places over 50mm.
In the next 6 hours, there is a risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, and landslides on slopes in many communes/wards.
Warning level of natural disaster risk due to flash floods, landslides, land subsidence due to rain and floods or currents is level 1. Flash floods and landslides can cause very bad 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.
The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting added that from the evening of April 23 to the end of April 24, the North Central region will have rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain. From the evening of April 23 to April 25, the Central Central region will have showers and scattered thunderstorms.
