On the afternoon of May 2nd, the first "golden" rain of the season helped Ho Chi Minh City cool down after a series of intense hot days. However, heavy rain poured down quickly in a short time combined with rising tides has caused 11 roads to be flooded, with some places flooded half a meter deep, making it difficult for people to travel.
According to a quick report from the Ho Chi Minh City Urban Drainage Company, the afternoon rain on May 2 started from about 3:15 pm and lasted until nearly 5 pm. The amount of rain poured down was quite large, recorded at Duong Van Cam station reaching 58.4mm and Nguyen Xien station reaching 52.9mm. Notably, the time when heavy rain poured down was also when the tide was rising.
Specifically, the water level measured at Binh Trieu station at 3:20 pm was 1.15m; at Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe station at 3:50 pm was 1.26m. It was the heavy rain encountering high tide that caused the drainage system on many roads to not have time to drain.
It is recorded that there are 11 localized flooding points, most of which are located in Thu Duc City in the past. Among them, the most heavily flooded is Le Thi Hoa street (section from house number 23 to Provincial Road 43) with a water depth of up to 0.5m. Next is To Ngoc Van street (Linh Dong section - Linh Tay stream discharge gate) and Provincial Road 43 (National Highway 1A - Binh Chieu section) both flooded 0.35m deep. Motorbikes passing through these areas are flooded more than half of their wheels, many people have to move very slowly to avoid engine failure.
The area around Thu Duc market, which is originally the flood center, is also inevitably flooded. Ho Van Tu street is flooded 0.3m; Dang Thi Ranh and Duong Van Cam streets are flooded about 0.25m.
At the same time, 5 other roads were slightly flooded from 0.15m to 0.2m, affecting traffic flow. Fortunately, because the drainage system was still operating, as soon as the rainfall gradually decreased, the water on the streets also began to recede.
