Updated bulletin issued at 4:30 PM on September 10th from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 4 hours (from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM on September 10th), the areas of Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho, Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong provinces have had moderate to heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as Lien Minh monitoring station 49.4mm (Thai Nguyen); Cao Duong 43.2mm (Phu Tho); Mang Dai - Suoi Hanh 97.8mm, S.Pha km72 is 70.6mm (Khanh Hoa); Lac Lam - Don Duong 61mm (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 Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho from 20 - 50mm, in some places over 80mm; Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong from 30-60mm, in some places over 90mm.
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.
