According to the bulletin issued at 7:30 am on July 11 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 7:00 am on July 10 to 7:00 am on July 11), the area of Lai Chau, Son La, Lao Cai and Phu Tho provinces had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Ma Quai observation station 137.2mm (Lai Chau); Muong Trai 244.2mm (Son La); Khau Pha 84.2mm (Lao Cai); Tien Luong 67.6mm (Phu Tho);...
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 10 - 30mm, in some places over 60mm.
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.
