According to the bulletin issued at 7:30 am on August 7 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 7:00 am on August 6 to 7:00 am on August 7), the area of Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Phu Tho, Thai Nguyen and Thanh Hoa provinces had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Nam Hang observation station 132.2mm (Lai Chau); Ngoi Hoa 108.2mm (Phu Tho); Ta Si Lang 158mm (Lao Cai); Kim Hy 71.8mm (Thai Nguyen); Tam Chung 106.6mm (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 Lai Chau, Lao Cai and Thanh Hoa from 20 - 40mm, in some places over 70mm; in Thai Nguyen and Phu Tho from 10 - 30mm, in some places over 50mm.
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.
