Updated bulletin issued at 7:30 am on May 20 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 6 hours (from 1 am to 7 am on May 20), the area of Lai Chau, Lang Son and Bac Ninh provinces had moderate to heavy rain such as: Pa Ve Su 83.2mm, Bum To 61.8mm (Lai Chau); Huu Lung 64mm (Lang Son); Bo Ha (BD) 94mm (Bac Ninh)...
The soil moisture model shows that some areas in the above provinces have been near saturation (over 85%) or reached saturation status.
Warning that in the next 3-6 hours, the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly from 20 - 40mm, in some places over 80mm.
Warning in the next 6 hours, there is a risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes in many communes/wards.
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, 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.
