Updated bulletin issued at 2:30 PM on August 22nd from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 2:00 PM on August 21st to 2:00 PM on August 22nd), the area of the Northern provinces and Thanh Hoa had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Ta Gia 2 observation station at 144.8mm (Lai Chau); Nam John 177.4mm (Son La); Van Mai 98.6mm (Phu Tho); Quan Chu 138.8mm (Thai Nguyen); Tra Linh 105.6mm (Cao Bang); Mau Son 336.3mm (Lang Son); Ky Thuong 224mm (Quang Ninh); Tan Son 177mm (Bac Ninh); Trung Ly 116.8mm (Thanh Hoa);...
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 Northern provinces and Thanh Hoa provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly in Thai Nguyen, Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Phu Tho from 20 - 30mm, in some places over 70mm; Thanh Hoa from 10 - 20mm, in some places over 40mm; Lai Chau, Son La, Cao Bang, Bac Ninh from 5 - 10mm, in some places over 20mm.
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.
