Updated bulletin issued at 6:40 PM on August 18 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 2 hours (from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM), the area of Tuyen Quang, Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces had moderate to heavy rain such as Ho Thau observation station 69.8mm, Linh Ho 46.4mm (Tuyen Quang); Thanh Mai 86.6mm (Nghe An); Khe Co Lake 40.2mm (Ha Tinh)...
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, the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly from 20 - 30mm, in some places over 70mm.
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, 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.
