Updated bulletin issued at 4:40 PM from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 6 hours (from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on July 27), the area of Thai Nguyen and Bac Ninh provinces had moderate to heavy rain such as Xuan Lac 84.4mm observation station (Thai Nguyen); Truc Tay 94mm (Bac Ninh);...
In the past 2 hours (from 2 pm to 4 pm on July 27), the areas of Son La, Tuyen Quang and Cao Bang provinces had moderate rain, with heavy rain in some places such as Van Ho monitoring station 49.8mm (Son La); Son Nam 50.6mm (Tuyen Quang); Luong Thien 33.4mm (Cao Bang);...
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 Son La, Tuyen Quang, Cao Bang and Thai Nguyen from 20 - 50mm, in some places over 80mm; Bac Ninh from 20 - 30mm, in some places over 50mm.
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.
