Updated bulletin issued at 10:30 am on June 9 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 18 hours (from 4:00 pm on June 8 to 10:00 am on June 9), the area of Lai Chau, Son La, Lao Cai, Phu Tho, Tuyen Quang and Thai Nguyen provinces had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Ban Giang monitoring station 195.2mm (Lai Chau); Ngoc Chien 131mm (Son La); Van Mai 126.8mm (Phu Tho); Hoang Khai 106.8mm (Tuyen Quang); Ky Phu 87.4mm (Thai Nguyen);...
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 Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang from 40 - 80mm, in some places over 120mm; Son La and Phu Tho from 20 - 40mm, in some places over 70mm; especially Thai Nguyen from 5 - 10mm, in some places over 30mm.
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, threatening people's lives; causing local traffic congestion, affecting the movement of vehicles; destroying 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.
