Hanoi still has some places with water up to the waist, people 'swim' on the streets

According to Thanh Nien's report on the afternoon of October 8, Hanoi had sunshine, ending a series of days of heavy rain that caused flooding throughout the capital. However, some places have not yet receded, affecting people's travel and daily activities. One of the areas still seriously flooded is National Highway 70 through Nga Bridge (Xuan Phuong Ward and Tay Mo Ward).

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After the heavy rain in the afternoon and evening of October 7, this area was flooded a meter deep, about 100 - 200 meters long, paralyzing traffic, only a few large cars could move through. In the photo, the militia of Xuan Phuong Ward used a homemade boat to take people for free across the flooded area.

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The large number of people needing to travel caused the transportation of people across the flooded area to be overloaded. Many people risked their lives to cross the flooded area but did not expect the water level to be so deep that their vehicles stalled.

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All had to walk

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Children enjoy cycling through the flooded area.

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The later it gets, the more people need to travel.

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Local residents are frustrated as the main road they use to go to work every day has been flooded for more than a week after storms No. 10 and 11.

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Not listening to warnings, the pickup truck stalled in the middle of a flooded area, and the person in the car had to get out and push it out.

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The heavy rain also caused dozens of households in residential group No. 2 Mieu Nha (Xuan Phuong Ward) to be submerged in water again. After storm No. 10, this place was flooded for about 6 consecutive days, the water had just receded for more than a day when this place was flooded again.

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Many people had not yet had time to clean up their houses when water flooded back into their houses. "After the heavy rain on September 30, the water rose nearly 1 meter into the house, so my whole family had to evacuate. On October 5, the water receded so the whole family came back to clean up, but before they could finish, the heavy rain on October 7 caused water to flood back into the first floor," said Le Thi Bich Thu (32 years old, Hanoi) in frustration.

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Ms. Phan Thi Kim Chi's family used a retaining wall and a pump to pump the water out. Ms. Chi said that she has lived here for 12 years but has never had as much flooding as this year. In the past month, she and her fellow residents have had their houses flooded three times. "We have sent a petition to the authorities and hope that the local authorities will take radical measures to improve the flooding situation," Ms. Chi said.

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Meanwhile, Mr. Do Tung said that the locality was flooded because water from the Nhue River overflowed, combined with many clogged sewers, causing prolonged flooding.

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