Updated bulletin issued at 4:30 PM on July 2nd from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 4:00 PM on July 1st to 4:00 PM on July 2nd), the area of Phu Tho, Lao Cai and Tuyen Quang provinces had moderate rain, heavy rain and very heavy rain in some places such as Hoa Son observation station 134.6mm, Vinh Tuong 104.4mm (Phu Tho); An Lac 75.6mm (Lao Cai); My Lam 88.6mm, Hoang Khai 93.4mm (Tuyen Quang)...
In the past 5 hours (from 11 am to 4 pm on July 2), the areas of Thai Nguyen and Ha Tinh provinces have had moderate rain, heavy rain and very heavy rain in some places such as Hiep Luc 56.2mm observation station (Thai Nguyen); Son Truong 64.4mm (Ha Tinh)...
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 3-6 hours, the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly in Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang, Phu Tho, Thai Nguyen from 20 - 40mm, in some places over 90mm; in Ha Tinh from 20 - 50mm, in some places over 90mm.
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.
