According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 10:00 on October 28 to 10:00 on October 29), the provinces and cities from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai have had heavy rain, some places have had very heavy rain. Some places recorded heavy rainfall such as: La To hydropower dam 261.6mm (Quang Tri); Thuong Nhat hydropower dam 252.8mm (Hue city); Tra Giap 490.8mm (Da Nang city); Tra Thanh 574.6mm (Quang Ngai)...
In the past 8 hours (from 2:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on October 29), Gia Lai province has had moderate to heavy rain with some locations such as: Bong Son 98.4mm, An Tuong 97.6mm...
Soil moisture models show that some areas in the above provinces are nearly saturated (over 85%) or have reached a saturated state.
Warning in the next 3 - 6 hours (from 10:30 on October 29), the above provinces and cities will continue to have rain, with common accumulated rainfall in Hue, Da Nang and Quang Ngai from 80 - 130mm, some places over 200mm; Quang Tri and Gia Lai from 30 - 60mm, some places over 80mm.
Warning in the next 6 hours, there is a risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes in many communes and wards.
The risk level of natural disasters due to flash floods, landslides, land subsidence due to floods or water flow in Quang Ngai is level 2; in Hue and Da Nang, it is level 3; the remaining areas are level 1.
Flash floods, landslides and land subsidence can have serious impacts on the environment, threaten people's lives, cause local traffic congestion, affect the movement process, destroy civil and economic works, cause great damage to production activities, life and socio-economic development.
The meteorological agency recommends that local authorities urgently review flow bottlenecks and vulnerable areas at high risk to proactively deploy preventive measures and timely response, ensuring safety for people and property.
