In recent days, many Hanoi residents living in small alleys have suffered because of water flooding into their homes when it rains heavily. The situation of small alleys flooding every time it rains heavily has persisted for many years.
On July 23, heavy rain in Trieu Khuc street (Thanh Xuan district) caused the water in this area to not drain quickly, making it difficult for people to travel and live.
Ms. Vu Thi Lanh, on Trieu Khuc street, said that this was not the first time rain flooded her store. Each time such flooding caused business to temporarily stop.
Notably, at an 8-storey, 1-tum mini apartment complex (lot 28, Yen Xa auction area, Tan Trieu commune) water flooded into the basement, flooding about 70 people's motorbikes.
Not only in small alleys but in large urban areas such as Geleximco A urban area on Hoang Tung street (An Khanh commune, Hoai Duc district), An Khanh urban area (Hoai Duc district)... the water is quite deep. .
As recorded by Lao Dong reporter on July 25, many households are busy cleaning and installing pumps to suck water out of their family's garages.
In this urban area, the tunnels are designed to be lower than the road surface, so when it rains for a long time, many families block the steel plate at the door but water still flows back in. In houses without pumps, water flooded the basements almost completely, and many properties were damaged.
Mr. Nguyen Van Giang (37 years old), who is renting an adjacent apartment to run a restaurant business in this urban area, said that all day long on July 23, heavy rain continued, so many places in the urban area were deeply flooded, water flowing into the basement. store parking. To pump water from the cellar out, Mr. Giang had to buy a large capacity water pump.
"The tunnel area is large, about 60-80m2, the flood depth is nearly 2m, the pump has to operate at full capacity all day to suck all the water out" - Mr. Giang said.
Not only Mr. Giang's store, dozens of adjacent houses nearby also fell into the same situation. Many stores did not have time to move their items, so the damage was quite large.
According to people living around Nam An Khanh urban area, Le Trong Tan urban area - Geleximco..., because the rainwater poured in and could not drain in time, serious flooding occurred.
"It's famous for living in adjacent townhouses and magnificent million-dollar villas, but many families have to live like a village or an oasis when the heavy rain lasts" - Ms. Phuong Ly confided.
