Updated the latest news released at 9:30 p.m. from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, in the past 3 hours (from 6pm to 9pm on June 4), the areas of Quang Nam and Kon Tum provinces have had rain, some places have had moderate to heavy rain.
Soil moisture models show that some areas in the above provinces are nearly saturated (over 85%) or have reached a saturated state.
In the next 3 - 6 hours, the above provinces will continue to have rain with common accumulated rainfall from 20 - 40mm, some places over 70mm.
In the next 6 hours, there is a risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes in the above provinces, especially in the districts of Nam Giang, Nam Tra My, Phuoc Son, Tay Giang in Quang Nam and the districts of Dak Glei, Dak Ha, Kon Tum, Ngoc Hoi in Kon Tum.
Previously, in the bulletin at 8:40 p.m. on June 4, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that Son La province and Hue city had had rain, some places had moderate to heavy rain.
Soil moisture models show that some areas in the above localities are nearly saturated or have reached a saturated state.
In the next 3 - 6 hours, Son La province will continue to have rain with common accumulated rainfall from 10 - 30mm, some places over 70mm.
Hue city has common rainfall from 15 - 35mm, some places over 50mm.
In the next 6 hours, there is a risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes in Son La province and Hue city, especially in the districts of Moc Chau, Van Ho, Phu Yen in Son La province and the districts of A Luoi, Huong Tra, Phong Dien in Hue.
The meteorological agency warns that the risk of natural disasters such as flash floods, landslides, and land subsidence due to heavy rain or water flow is level 1.
Mr. Hoang Van Dai - Deputy Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting commented that flash floods, and landslides are very dangerous types of natural disasters and often occur in a short time.
"For the midland and mountainous areas of Vietnam, from 2023 to now, we have also deployed a warning information system according to the time of flash floods and landslides.
This is a very important information system and is updated every hour, covering all provinces in the midland and mountainous areas of Vietnam" - Mr. Hoang Van Dai said.
According to Mr. Dai, with this system, we are giving detailed warnings to the commune level. People and local authorities can refer to this system at the link http://luquetsatlo.nchmf.gov.vn.
Flash floods and landslides can have a very negative impact on the environment, threatening people's lives; causing local traffic congestion, affecting the movement of vehicles; destroying civil and economic works, causing damage to production activities and socio-economic activities.
The meteorological agency recommends that local authorities pay attention to reviewing bottlenecks and vulnerable locations in the area to take preventive and response measures.
