Updated bulletin issued at 9:40 am on August 19 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 12 hours (from 9:00 pm on August 18 to 9:00 am on August 19), the area of the Northern provinces, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Ngai had moderate rain, heavy rain to very heavy rain such as Muong Pon 1 monitoring station is 72mm (Dien Bien); Dua Mon 58mm (Son La); A Mu Sung 54mm (Lao Cai); Ha Lang 54.6mm (Cao Bang); Xuan Binh 89.4mm (Thanh Hoa); Hoang Mai 189.2mm (Nghe An); Hoanh Son 80.6mm (Ha Tinh); Van Lem 1 is 115.8mm (Quang Ngai)...
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 6 hours, the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly in Ha Tinh, Thanh Hoa with rain from 20 - 40mm, in some places over 80mm; in Nghe An, Tuyen Quang, Cao Bang, Quang Ngai with rain from 10 - 30mm, in some places over 50mm; Dien Bien, Son La, Lao Cai with rain from 5 - 15mm, in some places over 40mm.
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.
