Updated bulletin issued at 3:30 PM from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 2 hours (from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM on June 15), the area of Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen, Cao Bang and Lang Son provinces had heavy to very heavy rain such as Quang Nguyen 56mm observation station (Tuyen Quang); Hao Nghia 40.4mm (Thai Nguyen); Nguyen Binh 44.5mm (Cao Bang); Loi Bac 2 35.8mm (Lang Son);...
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 - 50mm, 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, land subsidence due to rain and floods or currents is level 1. Flash floods and landslides can have very bad 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.
