Updated bulletin issued at 3:30 PM on September 5th from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 2 hours (from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM on September 5th), the area of Son La province and Da Nang city had moderate to heavy rain such as Chieng Khoong 1 monitoring station at 32.2mm (Son La); Hoa Phu Thanh 43.2mm (Da Nang city);...
The soil moisture model shows that some areas in the above provinces have been near saturation (over 85%) or reached saturation status.
Warning in the next 6 hours, Son La province and Da Nang city will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly in Son La 10 - 20mm, in some places over 50mm; in Da Nang city 20 - 40mm, in some places over 80mm.
Risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes in the above provinces, especially in communes/wards:
Son La: Bo Sinh, Chieng Khoong, Chieng Khuong, Chieng So, Chieng Son, Co Ma, Huoi Mot, Long He, Muong Hung, Muong Lam, Muong Lan, Phieng Pan, Pung Banh, Sop Cop, Xuan Nha.
Da Nang City: Ben Giang, Ben Hien, Dong Duong, Duc Phu, Hiep Duc, Hoa Vang, Lanh Ngoc, Nui Thanh, Hai Van ward, Phu Ninh, Phuoc Hiep, Phuoc Tra, Que Son, Que Son Trung, Son Cam Ha, Tam Anh, Tam My, Thanh Binh, Thanh My, Thuong Duc, Tra Doc, Tra Giap, Tra Lien, Tra My, Tra Tan, Tra Van, Viet An.
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.
