Updated bulletin issued at 7:30 am on September 13 from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 24 hours (from 7:00 am on September 12 to 7:00 am on September 13), the area of provinces/cities from Ha Tinh to Quang Ngai had heavy rain, with very heavy rain in some places such as the Song Rac Lake 150mm observation station (Ha Tinh); La To Hydropower Dam 404mm (Quang Tri); Nham (A Luoi) 540mm (Hue); Ba Na 346mm (Da Nang); Dak Choong 76mm (Quang Ngai)...
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/cities will continue to have rain with accumulated rainfall commonly in Ha Tinh 5 - 15mm, in some places over 30mm; Quang Tri and Hue 30 - 60mm, in some places over 100mm; Da Nang 20 - 40mm, in some places over 70mm; Quang Ngai 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; Hue city is level 2.
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.
