Updated bulletin issued at 7:30 am on September 14 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 7:00 am on September 13 to 7:00 am on September 14), the area of provinces/cities from Nghe An to Hue had heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Dua monitoring station 103.8mm (Nghe An); Ky Thuong 306.6mm (Ha Tinh); Ta Long 324mm (Quang Tri); Ta Luong 183.6mm (Hue);...
In the past 6 hours (from 1 am to 7 am on September 14), the Lao Cai province area had moderate to heavy rain such as Pa Hu station 57.6mm, Ta Si Lang 56mm,...
The soil moisture model shows that some areas in the above provinces/cities 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 Thanh Hoa and Nghe An from 20 - 50mm, in some places over 80mm; Lao Cai, Quang Tri and Hue from 5 - 15mm, in some places over 40mm.
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; Quang Tri and Hue are at level 2.
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.
