Updated bulletin issued at 8:30 am on June 16 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 3 hours (from 5 am to 8 am on June 16), the area of Quang Ninh and Hai Phong provinces had moderate to heavy rain such as Duong Huy monitoring station 51.2mm, Bai Chay 44.2mm (Quang Ninh); Cat Ba 55.2mm (Hai Phong);...
Warning in the next 3-6 hours, the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly in Quang Ninh from 10 - 40mm, in some places over 60mm; in Hai Phong from 5 - 10mm, in some places over 30mm.
Warning in the next 6 hours, the risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes in the above provinces, especially in the following communes/wards:
Quang Ninh: Co To Special Zone, Van Don Special Zone, Cam Pha ward, Cua Ong ward, Mong Duong ward, Quang Hanh ward;
Hai Phong City: Cat Hai Special Zone.
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 have very bad 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.
