Updated bulletin issued at 9:30 am on July 24 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 9:00 am on July 23 to 9:00 am on July 24), the Northern provinces have had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Pha Kinh monitoring station 90.6mm (Son La); Phu Loc 87.8mm (Phu Tho); Cam Nhan 121mm (Lao Cai); Tan Thai 121mm (Thai Nguyen); Ha Lang 160mm (Tuyen Quang);...
In the past 9 hours (from 0:00 to 9:00 on July 24), Cao Bang and Quang Ninh provinces have had rain, moderate to heavy rain such as Vinh Quang 1 68mm monitoring station (Cao Bang); Phinh Ho 66.6mm (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 above provinces will continue to have rain with common accumulated rainfall as follows: Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Son La, Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen, Quang Ninh from 20 - 50mm, in some places over 80mm; Phu Tho, Cao Bang from 10 - 30mm, some places over 50mm.
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, and subsidence 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.
