Da Nang flooded again after 10 hours of receding water 2
At 5 a.m. this morning, floodwaters in almost all 6 districts and Hoa Vang district had basically receded.
However, at 1pm it rained heavily again.
Children and adults row boats on the street in heavy rain
Children and adults rowing boats on Da Nang street on the afternoon of December 10.
The management board of Hoang Anh Gia Lai luxury apartment complex hired a water pump to save more than 10 cars that had sunk since yesterday. Due to heavy rain, they had to stop.
Mr. Le Dien Thien (50 years old), owner of a motorbike repair shop on Ham Nghi street, said that since the flood in 1999, he has only seen streets submerged in water up to nearly a meter like that.
`In previous years there were floods but the water receded immediately, unlike this time,` Mr. Thien said.
Water flooded Ham Nghi street on the afternoon of December 10.
At 640 Trung Nu Vuong Street (Hai Chau District), Mr. Truong took advantage of the receding water to clean up his room after a day of being immersed in water more than a meter deep, but this afternoon rainwater suddenly flooded in.
Currently, most of Da Nang’s irrigation lakes have overflowed.
Too much rain is the cause of flooding.
A series of stalled cars had to be rescued.
`There is another fact that many people are not aware. When it rains heavily, people wear raincoats to the street, wade in the water, and then leave their raincoats right in the flooded area, further blocking the gates and roads.
Monitoring the re-flooding situation this afternoon, Mr. Thang commented that the water would recede faster, thanks to `the heavy rain yesterday helped push waste out of the sewers, increasing drainage capacity.`
This expert said that this heavy rain causing flooding is an `opportunity` for Da Nang to recalculate how to make infrastructure more methodical.
Dredging water to save 10 cars and motorbikes submerged in a tunnel in Da Nang
Water pumping in the parking garage of Hoang Anh Gia Lai apartment complex had to be temporarily stopped due to heavy rain.
On the night of December 8 and December 9, cold air combined with turbulence in the high easterly wind zone caused heavy rain in Da Nang and Quang Nam.
It is forecast that rain in the Central region will last until December 12, with very heavy rain in the area from Da Nang to Binh Dinh.
Nguyen Dong
