Flash flood, landslide and subsidence warning in the Northern provinces, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An

In the past 24 hours (from 4am on September 30 to 4am on October 1), the Northern provinces, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An have had heavy rain, some places have had very heavy rain. The soil moisture model shows that some areas in the above provinces are nearly saturated (over 85%) or have reached a saturated state.

In the next 3 to 6 hours, the above provinces will continue to have rain with common accumulated rainfall as follows: Son La, Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho and Thanh Hoa from 30-60mm, some places over 100mm; Cao Bang, Lang Son, Bac Ninh and Nghe An from 10-30mm, some places over 60mm.

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In the next 6 hours, there is a risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, and landslides on steep slopes in many communes and wards. The above areas are still at risk of flash floods and landslides in the next 24 hours.

Warning level of natural disaster risk due to flash floods, landslides, land subsidence due to heavy rain or water flow: Level 1; Thai Nguyen, Lao Cai, Cao Bang level 2; Phu Tho, Tuyen Quang level 3.

Flash floods and landslides can have very negative impacts on the environment, threaten people's lives; cause local traffic congestion, affect the movement of vehicles; destroy civil and economic works, causing damage to production and socio-economic activities.

Source: https://baolangson.vn/canh-bao-lu-quet-sat-lo-dat-sut-lun-tai-cac-tinh-bac-bo-thanh-hoa-va-nghe-an-5060470.html