Updated bulletin issued at 2:30 PM on August 4th from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 2:00 PM on August 3rd to 2:00 PM on August 4th), the Northern provinces have had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Nam Cuoi 4 monitoring station being 137.6mm, Nam Can 130.4mm (Lai Chau); Na Tau 3 being 121.8mm (Dien Bien); Bac Phong 112mm (Son La); My Luong 94.6mm (Phu Tho); Lung Ha 169.8mm (Lao Cai); Xuan Giang 1 being 172.8mm (Tuyen Quang); Thach Lam 105mm (Cao Bang)...
In the past 2 hours (from 12:00 to 14:00 on August 4), the Thai Nguyen province area has had moderate rain, heavy rain such as Binh Van monitoring station 33.8mm, Van Lang 23mm...
The soil moisture model shows that some areas in the above provinces have been near saturation (over 85%) or reached saturation status.
Rain warning in the next 6 hours, the above provinces will continue to have rain with common accumulated rainfall in Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La, Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang from 5 - 10mm, in some places over 20mm; in Thai Nguyen and Cao Bang from 10 - 30mm, in some places over 50mm; In Phu Tho from 20 - 50mm, in some places it is over 70mm.
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.
