Updated bulletin issued at 7:40 AM on June 26 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 10 hours (from 9:00 PM on June 25 to 7:00 AM on June 26), the area of Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen and Cao Bang provinces had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Quang Nguyen monitoring station 206.8mm, Nam Ban1 195.4mm (Tuyen Quang); Dong Vien 180.4mm (Thai Nguyen); Tinh Tuc 198.2mm (Cao Bang);...
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 3-6 hours (calculated from 7:40 am), the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly in Tuyen Quang and Thai Nguyen from 20 - 50mm, locally over 120mm; Cao Bang from 10 - 20mm, locally over 40mm.
Warning in the next 6 hours (calculated from 7:40 AM), 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.
