According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 4 hours (from 10:00 to 14:00 on December 17), the areas of Da Nang and Quang Ngai provinces/cities have had moderate to heavy rain such as: Dong Tien Lake 57.4mm (Da Nang city); Thanh Lake 63mm (Quang Ngai);...
Warning in the next 3 - 6 hours (from 2:40 p.m. on December 17), the above provinces/cities will continue to have rain with common accumulated rainfall from 20 - 50mm, some places over 70mm.
Warning in the next 6 hours (from 2:40 p.m. on December 17), there is a risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes in the above provinces, especially in the following communes/wards:
In Da Nang city: Ba Na, Dong Duong, Tam My, Tra Lien, Tra My, Viet An.
In Quang Ngai: Ba Dinh, Ba Dong, Ba To, Ba To, Ba Vinh, Binh Chuong, Binh Minh, Ca Dam, Dang Thuy Tram, Dong Tra Bong, Khanh Cuong, Minh Long, Mo Duc, Nguyen Nghiem, P. Duc Pho, P. Sa Huynh, P. Tra Cau, Son Linh, Tay Tra Bong, Thanh Bong, Thien Tin, Tra Bong.
The meteorological agency warns that the risk of natural disasters due to flash floods, landslides, and land subsidence due to heavy rain or water flow is level 1.
Flash floods and landslides can have a very negative impact 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.
Requesting local authorities to pay attention to reviewing bottlenecks and vulnerable locations in the area to take preventive and response measures.