Updated bulletin issued at 4:30 PM on July 22 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 2 hours (from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM on July 22), the area of Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang and Cao Bang provinces had moderate to heavy rain such as Nam Khat 59,8mm (Lao Cai) observation station; Dong Ha 1 54.4mm (Tuyen Quang); Vinh Quang 1 61.2mm (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 that in the next 3-6 hours, the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly from 40 - 70mm, in some places over 100mm.
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 in the above-mentioned provinces.
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.
