Updated bulletin issued at 10:40 PM on July 4th from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 2 hours (from 8 PM to 10 PM on July 4th), the area of Lao Cai and Tuyen Quang provinces had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Si Ma Cai 1 monitoring station 103.8mm, Quan Ho Than 73.4mm (Lao Cai); Nam Dan 40.2mm, Ban Ngo 38.6mm (Tuyen Quang).
In the past 6 hours (from 4 pm to 10 pm on July 4), the area of Quang Ninh and Nghe An provinces had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Mong Cai observation station 122.2mm, Phinh Ho 113.4mm (Quang Ninh); Chau Kim 1 117mm (Nghe An)...
Warning in the next 3-6 hours, the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly in Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang and Nghe An from 20 - 40mm, in some places over 70mm; Quang Ninh from 40 - 80mm, in some places over 150mm.
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.
