Updated bulletin issued at 4:20 PM on September 8 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 2 hours (from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM on September 8), the area of Quang Tri and Gia Lai provinces had moderate to heavy rain such as Tan Hoa monitoring station 60.4mm, Trooc 35.8mm (Quang Tri); An Trung 3 is 50.4mm (Gia Lai)...
The soil moisture model shows that some areas in the above provinces have been near saturation (over 85%) or reached saturation status.
Warning of rain in the next 6 hours, the above provinces will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly from 10 - 30mm, in some places over 70mm.
Risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on slopes in the above provinces, especially in communes/wards:
Quang Tri: Kim Phu, Minh Hoa, Tuyen Lam, Tuyen Phu, Dong Le;
Gia Lai: Ayun, Binh Phu, Chu Krey, Hra, Ya Hoi.
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 the locality pay attention to reviewing flow bottlenecks and key locations in the area to have preventive and response measures.
