Heavy rain in the North, warning of flash floods and landslides

The North is entering a period of widespread heavy rain due to the influence of storm No. 7, the rain is concentrated in the midlands and mountainous areas of the North, the plains have scattered rain in periods.

Heavy rain will occur in many northern provinces in the coming time.

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, through monitoring on satellite images, lightning location data and weather radar images, it shows that convective clouds are developing in some wards and communes in the southwest of Hanoi : Tran Phu, Xuan Mai, Phu Nghia, Chuong My, Quang Bi, Hong Son. This cloud area continues to expand to the east and northeast.

From noon to the afternoon of September 9, wards in Hanoi's inner city such as Chuong My, Yen Nghia, Kien Hung, Duong Noi, Ha Dong... will have rain, showers and thunderstorms. After that, the thunderstorm area may expand to other wards in the center of Hanoi. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind.

In the past 8 hours (from 0:00 to 8:00 on September 9), the mountainous provinces in the North had moderate rain, heavy rain, and some places had very heavy rain such as: Lang Mo 104.8 mm (Lai Chau); Song Da 83 mm (Dien Bien); Nam Pam 62.2 mm (Son La); Tan Tien 101.6 mm (Lao Cai); Thang Tin 115.8 mm (Tuyen Quang); Cong Bang 132 mm (Thai Nguyen); An Lai 119.6 mm ( Cao Bang ); Tan Minh 97 mm (Lang Son); Chuc Bai Son 108.6 mm (Quang Ninh);...

On September 9, the above provinces continued to have rain with common accumulated rainfall as follows: Dien Bien , Lai Chau, Son La, Lao Cai and Tuyen Quang from 30 - 70 mm, some places over 150 mm; Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Cao Bang and Thai Nguyen from 20 - 50 mm, some places over 90 mm.

Warning of the risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes in many communes and wards. Along with that, warning of natural disaster risks due to flash floods, landslides, and land subsidence due to heavy rain or water flow.

Experts warn that 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.

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