According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, last night and this morning (May 19), the Northern region had rain, moderate rain and thunderstorms, with some places having heavy rain. In the Northeast, there will be moderate rain, heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms, with some places having very heavy rain.
Rainfall from 7pm on May 18 to 8am on May 19 was over 140mm in some places such as: Bach Ngoc (Ha Giang) 145.4mm, Na Sam (Lang Son) 180.4mm, Binh Thanh (Thai Nguyen) 175.2mm, Hoang Khai (Tuyen Quang) 163mm, Dong Giao (Ninh Binh) 149.2mm,...
On the day and night of May 19, it is forecasted that in the Northern region, there will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with rainfall from 15 - 30mm, some places over 70mm. Rain will be concentrated in the morning, evening and night.
In the bulletin issued at 9:30 a.m. from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, it was also added that due to prolonged heavy rain, the soil moisture model shows that some areas in Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang, Bac Kan, Thai Nguyen, Cao Bang, Lang Son, Bac Giang provinces... are nearly saturated (over 85%) or have reached a state of saturatation.
In the next 6 hours, there is a risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes in many localities in the above provinces.
The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting warns of a natural disaster risk level of level 1.
Flash floods and landslides can threaten people's lives; cause local traffic congestion, obstruct traffic; affect civil works, infrastructure and damage local production and socio-economic activities.
The meteorological agency recommends that local authorities urgently review flow bottlenecks and vulnerable locations, proactively deploy preventive measures and respond to unexpected situations caused by natural disasters.
