Updated bulletin issued at 4:40 PM on August 27 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 3 hours (from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM on August 27), the area of Son La, Phu Tho, Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa provinces had moderate rain, heavy rain to very heavy rain such as Km 46 monitoring station about 57.2mm, Quang Minh 52.4mm (Son La); Phu Cuong 81.5mm, Duong Phong 69.8mm (Thai Nguyen); Phuong Mao 80.4mm, Cao Ram 58.6mm (Phu Tho); Cam Lien 52.2mm, Ky Tan 39mm (Thanh Hoa);...
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 6 hours, the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly in Son La 5 - 10mm, in some places over 20mm; Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa 10 - 20mm, in some places over 30mm; Phu Tho 10 - 30mm, in some places over 80mm.
In the next 6 hours, there is a risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, and 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.
