According to Lao Dong reporters on the evening of September 11, Thanh Yen street was deeply flooded, making daily life and travel very difficult for people.
Notably, there were areas where the flood was about one meter deep, forcing many households living there to hire boats and life buoys to enter their homes to evacuate and transport important belongings.
Hurriedly steering a boat in an alley without electric lights, Ms. Nguyen Kim Oanh (living in Phuc Tan ward, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi) confided that the flood water was rising, and since evening, many people had called her to help transport people and belongings.
Ms. Oanh said that the price of renting a boat and life buoy will depend on the number of people and the goods transported. Seeing the difficulties of the people, many people who own boats and life buoys like her also want to support the people in the street.
Seeing the floodwaters encroaching on the first floor, Mr. Nguyen Hoang Hiep (living on Thanh Yen street, Phuc Tan ward) hurriedly closed the door and took his wife and children out for dinner.
Mr. Hiep shared that to ensure the safety of the households, the entire electricity system on the street has been cut off. Many households now want to enter their homes and are forced to rent boats and buoys to move because some places are waist-deep in water.
"The rising flood waters have completely disrupted our daily lives. My family has been on duty on the first floor all day, watching the flood waters. We will raise the furniture as high as the water rises. Now the electricity is cut off, we can't cook, so my family has to go out for dinner," said Mr. Hiep.
Moving all important furniture to the second floor, Ms. Le Thi Ha (living on Thanh Yen street) shared that when the flood water flooded in, her family was forced to mobilize all members to rearrange the furniture, and her two young children were taken to a relative's house to ensure safety.
Ms. Ha added that to get into her own house, she had to rent a boat and a life buoy. She could not wade in normally because the water level kept rising, in some places the water was almost up to her waist, which was very dangerous.
Previously, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that from early morning on September 11, the water level on the Red River was 10.76m, above alert level 2 (alarm level 2 is 10.5m).
Notably, the concrete pillars block the rapid flow of water, limiting ships and boats from losing control and colliding with the foot of Long Bien bridge, which is almost submerged by the Red River.
By 12 noon the same day, the water level had risen to about 11m, 0.5m away from level 3 warning. The Nhat Tan and Phu Thuong peach gardens at the foot of Nhat Tan bridge were more than half submerged...
It is forecasted that on the evening of September 11, the Red River flood in Hanoi will peak and then slowly recede.
