Community-based early disaster warning system
Since 2021, a group of scientists from the Institute of Geology has been conducting a state-level project to develop a community-based early warning system for landslides, mud floods, and flash floods in key mountainous areas of northern Vietnam.
By September 2024, the project completed a guide on identifying early signs of landslides, flash floods, and mud floods, detailing indicators such as hillside cracks, discoloured streams, leaning trees on slopes, seepage on retaining walls, and shifting rocks and soil. The project also developed criteria for community-based disaster alert levels, guiding local response teams in emergency notification procedures.
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