According to the bulletin issued at 1:30 PM on July 10 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 1:00 PM on July 9 to 1:00 PM on July 10), the Northern provinces have had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Ta Tong observation station 131.4mm (Lai Chau); Song Da 99.6mm (Dien Bien); Hua Trai 222.4mm (Son La); Ban Hang Doi 105.2mm (Phu Tho); Phuc Luong 190.6mm (Thai Nguyen); Ba Che 155mm (Quang Ninh)...
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 3 - 6 hours, the Northern provinces will continue to have rain with common accumulated rainfall in Lai Chau, Son La, Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho from 20 - 40mm, in some places over 70mm; Dien Bien, Quang Ninh 5 - 15mm, some places over 40mm.
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.
