According to records, after about 20 minutes of heavy rain, on National Highway 50, through Binh Hung commune (Binh Chanh district), water was half way up the wheel.
Many vehicles stalled or had difficulty moving through this section of road, and people's business was also affected by the flood.
After the rain stopped for more than an hour, the road was still flooded. Because this is one of the main roads in the South of Ho Chi Minh City to the Western provinces, there is a high traffic density, the flooding situation greatly affects traffic participants.
Mr. Nguyen Van Lanh (50 years old, Binh Chanh district), a motorbike taxi driver, shared: "This road is flooded whenever it rains. I drive a motorbike taxi and the road is flooded like this, so I'm just sitting around doing nothing this afternoon."
Previously, heavy rain on the evening of September 1 caused many streets in Ho Chi Minh City to be deeply flooded, especially in Thu Duc City, where water flooded into many houses, disrupting people's lives.
According to the Southern Hydrometeorological Station, on the afternoon of September 2, many areas in Ho Chi Minh City such as Can Gio, Nha Be, Binh Chanh, Hoc Mon, and Cu Chi had heavy rain. The average rainfall was 20-50mm, with some places receiving over 80mm.
Forecast for the first 10 days of September, the weather in Ho Chi Minh City will generally have scattered rain and showers in many places, some places will have moderate to heavy rain and thunderstorms mainly concentrated in the afternoon and evening; little rain at night and sunny in the morning. Total rainfall ranges from 70-200mm.
