Updated bulletin issued at 4:40 PM on September 12 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 2 hours (from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM), the areas of Dak Lak, Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong provinces have had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Hoa Xuan Nam monitoring station 52.4mm (Dak Lak); Kieu Dam - Hoa Son 88.4mm (Khanh Hoa); My Duc 35.8mm (Lam Dong);...
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 Dak Lak and Khanh Hoa from 10-20mm in some places over 40mm; Lam Dong from 10-30mm in some places over 60mm.
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.
