Updated bulletin issued at 10:30 am on July 2nd from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 10:00 am on July 1st to 10:00 am on July 2nd), the area of Phu Tho, Lao Cai and Tuyen Quang provinces has had moderate rain, heavy rain and very heavy rain in some places such as Yen Lap monitoring station 89.8mm (Phu Tho); An Lac 84.2mm (Lao Cai); Tien Nguyen 77.6mm (Tuyen Quang);...
In the past 2 hours (from 8 am to 10 am on July 2), Gia Lai province has had moderate rain, heavy rain and very heavy rain in some places such as Buon Nung - Chu Drang monitoring station 45.6mm, Chu Drang 41.2mm,...
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, the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly in Phu Tho, Tuyen Quang and Gia Lai from 20 - 40mm, in some places over 80mm; Lao Cai from 10 - 30mm, in some places over 70mm.
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, 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.
