Updated bulletin issued at 1:50 PM from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 1:00 PM on July 4th to 1:00 PM on July 5th), the area of Lai Chau, Son La, Lao Cai and Quang Ninh provinces, there have been moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Phu Nam Sap observation station 138.6 mm, Binh Lu 3 110.4 mm (Lai Chau); Nam Pam 284 mm, Nam Pam 164.8 mm (Son La); De Xu Phinh 159 mm, Kim Noi 1 155.2 mm (Lao Cai); Mong Cai 325.4 mm, Doan Tinh 182.8 mm (Quang Ninh);...
The soil moisture model shows that some areas in the above provinces are nearly saturated (over 85%) or have reached a state of saturation.
Warning in the next 3-6 hours, the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly in Lai Chau, Lao Cai from 20 - 40mm, in some places over 70mm; Quang Ninh, Son La from 10 - 20mm, in some places over 50mm.
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.
