Updated bulletin issued at 7:30 am on September 23 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 7:00 am on September 22 to 7:00 am on September 23), the area of provinces/cities from Da Nang to Dak Lak and Lam Dong had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Hoa Hai 94mm observation station (Da Nang city); Ong Toi Lake 120.8mm (Quang Ngai); Van Hoi Lake 112.6mm (Gia Lai); Hoa Thinh 175mm (Dak Lak); Ham Kiem 139.2mm (Lam Dong)...
In the past 4 hours (from 3 am to 7 am on September 23), Phu Tho province and Hue city had moderate to heavy rain such as: Thanh Ha 50.4mm (Phu Tho); Tho Son Lake 53.4mm (Hue)...
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 Phu Tho 10 - 30mm, in some places over 60mm; Hue 30 - 40mm, in some places over 70mm; Da Nang, Quang Ngai 10 - 20mm, in some places over 40mm; Gia Lai, Dak Lak 5 - 15mm, in some places over 40mm; Lam Dong 1 - 5mm, in some places over 10mm.
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.
