From the night of July 29 to the morning of July 30, 2024, in the area of Hạ Long City, there was moderate to heavy rain, with some places experiencing very heavy rain.
Specifically, according to the Quang Ninh Provincial Hydrometeorological Station, on July 30, various areas in Quang Ninh Province continued to experience moderate to very heavy rain, with total accumulated rainfall generally ranging from 20 - 30mm, and some places exceeding 50mm.
Warning, this rain is likely to continue causing localized flooding in many streets, roads, and areas of rice fields, crops, low-lying areas along rivers and coasts in districts, towns, and cities in the province with flood depths ranging from 0.2m - 0.3m. Flooding may occur from noon to the afternoon of July 30, 2024.
The risk of heavy rain causing flash floods and landslides may adversely affect the environment, threaten the lives of residents, cause localized traffic congestion on some streets and roads, affect the movement of vehicles, cause landslides at waste dumps and mines; destroy civil and economic structures, causing damage to production activities and socio-economic activities.
The Command Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue of Hạ Long City directs localities to switch to a high level of readiness to respond to floods; maintain the motto "3 before, 4 on the spot"; strengthen information dissemination; fully deploy forces at key areas, flood-prone and landslide-prone areas... At the same time, continue to effectively implement synchronized plans and measures for flood prevention; proactively respond to possible situations, maintain readiness, and absolutely prevent people from traveling on submerged and flooded areas and landslide-prone areas.
