Updated bulletin issued at 8:30 am on July 23 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 18 hours (from 2 pm on July 22 to 8 am on July 23), the Northern provinces have had moderate rain, heavy rain, and very heavy rain in some places such as Bum To 91.2mm observation station (Lai Chau); Muong Pon 143.4mm (Dien Bien); Cao Ram 117.4mm (Phu Tho); Thinh Hung 106.4mm (Lao Cai); Giap Trung 94.6mm (Tuyen Quang); My Phuong 102mm (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, Dien Bien, Son La from 30 - 60mm, in some places over 90mm; Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang from 5 - 20mm, in some places over 40mm; Phu Tho and Thai Nguyen from 5 - 10mm, in some places over 20mm.
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, 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.
