Updated bulletin issued at 2:30 PM on August 3rd from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 15 hours (from 11:00 PM on August 2nd to 2:00 PM on August 3rd), the area of Lao Cai and Tuyen Quang provinces had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Coc My 2 observation station 150.6mm, Coc San 128.2mm (Lao Cai); Xuan Giang 1 138.8mm, Yen Binh 112mm (Tuyen Quang);...
In the past 2 hours (from 12:00 to 14:00 on August 3), the Son La province area had moderate to heavy rain such as Ta Xua 1 monitoring station 39.8mm,...
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 in Son La from 20 - 40mm, in some places over 90mm; in Lao Cai and Tuyen Quang from 10 - 30mm, in some places over 50mm.
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.
