Updated news broadcast at 10:20 a.m. on July 18. In the past 24 hours (from 10 a.m. on July 17 to 10 a.m. on July 18), the areas of Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La and Lao Cai provinces have had moderate rain, heavy rain, and some places have very heavy rain such as the Muong Te monitoring station 181.2mm, Bum To 155.6mm (Lai Chau); Na Tau 155mm (Dien Bien); Nam Pam 94.4mm, Hua Trai 95.8mm (Son La); Manufacturing 1 227.4mm, Lao Chai 2 175.4mm (Lao Cai);....
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 from 10 - 30mm, 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.
