According to the bulletin issued at 6:30 am on September 12 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 6 am on September 11 to 6 am on September 12), the provinces/cities of Ha Tinh, Hue, Da Nang and Quang Ngai had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Huong Trach monitoring station 163.2mm (Ha Tinh), Nam Dong 212.8mm (Hue city), Tra Kot 299.2mm (Da Nang city); Tra Thanh 306.6mm (Quang Ngai);...
In the past 6 hours (from 0:00 to 6:00 on September 12), Quang Tri province had moderate to heavy rain such as La To dam monitoring station 69mm, A Vao 47.6mm,...
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/cities will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly in Ha Tinh, Quang Tri, Hue from 20 - 40mm, in some places over 60mm; Da Nang and Quang Ngai from 20 - 50mm, in some places over 70mm.
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.
