Updated bulletin issued at 11:30 am on July 6 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 11:00 am on July 5 to 11:00 am on July 6), the area of Lai Chau, Son La and Lao Cai provinces has had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Hua Bum 286mm (Lai Chau) observation station; Ca Nang 91.6mm (Son La); Ban Lien 84mm (Lao Cai)...
In the past 7 hours (from 4 am to 11 am on July 6), Dien Bien province has had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Huoi So monitoring station 200.4mm, Sin Chai 124mm...
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 20 - 50mm, in some places over 70mm.
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.
