Updated bulletin issued at 10:20 am on September 20 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 10:00 am on September 19 to 10:00 am on September 20), Quang Tri province and Hue city had moderate rain, heavy rain to very heavy rain such as at the La To Dam monitoring station 94.8mm (Quang Tri); Binh Tien 127mm (Hue city);...
The soil moisture model shows that some areas in the above provinces/cities have been near saturation (over 85%) or reached saturation status.
Warning in the next 6 hours, the above provinces/cities will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly from 10 - 40mm, in some places over 60mm.
Risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes in provinces/cities above, especially in communes/wards:
Quang Tri: Ta Rut; Ba Long, Cam Lo, Con Tien, Hieu Giang, Huong Hiep, Kim Ngan.
Hue City: Binh Dien; A Luoi 3, Khe Tre, Kim Long ward, Phong Dien ward, Phu Bai ward.
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, 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.
