According to the bulletin issued at 1:30 PM on July 9th from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 1:00 PM on July 8th to 1:00 PM on July 9th), the Northern provinces have had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as the Huoi Quang TD monitoring station 142.2mm (Lai Chau); Muong Mun 151.2mm (Dien Bien); Muong John 163.4mm (Son La); Dam-TD Thac Ba 199.2mm (Lao Cai); My Bang 200.2mm (Tuyen Quang); Phu Dinh 224.4mm (Thai Nguyen); Chi Lang 105.4mm (Lang Son);...
In the past 8 hours (from 5 am to 1 pm on July 9), Phu Tho province has had moderate to heavy rain such as Bang Luan monitoring station 158.2mm (Phu Tho), Phu Loc 80.3mm,...
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 above provinces will continue to have rain with common accumulated rainfall in Lai Chau and Dien Bien from 10 - 20mm, in some places over 50mm; Son La, Lao Cai, Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang, Phu Tho from 20 - 40mm, some places over 80mm; Lang Son from 10 - 30mm, some places over 70mm.
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.
