According to the bulletin issued at 8:30 am from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 6 hours (from 2 am to 8 am on July 8), the areas of Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen and Quang Ninh provinces have had moderate to heavy rain, locally very heavy rain such as Ban Lang 2 monitoring station 136.4mm (Lai Chau); Si Ma Cai 1 79.8mm (Lao Cai); Yen Lam 79.4mm (Tuyen Quang); Cam Pha 101.6mm, Ban Sen 68.3mm (Quang Ninh);...
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 80mm.
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.
