Updated bulletin issued at 2:30 PM on August 2nd from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 2:00 PM on August 4th to 2:00 PM on August 5th), the Northern provinces have had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Muong Mo 2 monitoring station 98mm (Lai Chau); Muong Bu 100mm (Son La); Truong Son 93.6mm (Phu Tho); Tan Duong 77.6mm (Lao Cai); Kim Quan 130.4mm, Thuong Giap 116.2mm (Tuyen Quang); Phu Dinh 81.4mm (Thai Nguyen)...
In the past 21 hours (from 5 pm on August 4th to 2 pm on August 5th), Quang Ninh province experienced moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Mong Cai monitoring station 128.8mm, Vang Danh 112.6mm,...
The soil moisture model shows that some areas in the above provinces have been near saturation (over 85%) or reached saturation status.
Warning that in the next 6 hours, the Northern provinces will continue to have rain with common accumulated rainfall as follows: Lai Chau, Son La, Lao Cai, Phu Tho from 10 - 20mm, in some places over 30mm; Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen, Quang Ninh from 20 - 30mm, some places over 50mm.
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.
