The Red River flood rose very quickly, causing power outages and darkness. People in Hoan Kiem district had to evacuate at night with their mats.

Seen from above, floodwaters have inundated Chuong Duong Street for 100m, some places are very deep - Photo: NGUYEN HOANG

On the evening of September 10, the flood on the Red River flowing through Hoan Kiem District ( Hanoi ) rose rapidly, causing water to start entering many houses around the residential areas along the Red River in Chuong Duong and Phuc Tan wards.

Fearing that the flood would continue to rise during the night, residents here hurriedly packed up and moved their belongings and properties to evacuate the flooded area at night.

A man carries his child and belongings to escape the flood as the flood water rises at night - Photo: NGUYEN HOANG

According to Tuoi Tre Online on the evening of the same day, on Chuong Duong Do street (Chuong Duong ward, Hoan Kiem district), floodwaters from the Red River rose high, causing the above street to be flooded for about 100m, many houses on both sides of the street were flooded to the ground. Although previously, recorded in the morning of the same day, the water was only reaching the bottom of this street.

Hoan Kiem District authorities have cut off power to some areas due to deep flooding, leaving the residential area in darkness - Photo: NGUYEN HOANG

As floodwaters rose, Hoan Kiem District Electricity Company cut off power to flooded homes, forcing many people to wander around, lighting candles and packing their belongings to escape the flood.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Mai (42 years old, residing on Chuong Duong Do street, Hoan Kiem district) said that the important belongings in her family have been moved to a safe place, tonight she and her grandmother will stay in the house and sleep on the 2nd floor - Photo: NGUYEN HOANG

There is a warehouse located in lane 46 Chuong Duong Do, in the afternoon, the water was only knee-deep, on the evening of September 10, the Red River floodwaters rose so high that the house was flooded up to the roof, Mr. Chu Khac Chung (Hanoi) said: "The water rose too quickly, now my factory is flooded up to the roof. Luckily, I was able to move furniture and goods out of the warehouse before the flood deepened."

People on Chuong Duong Do street (Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi) move their belongings onto boats to take them to safety - Photo: NGUYEN HOANG

Although the rented house that Mr. Tam (from Bac Giang ) lives in on Chuong Duong Do street is quite far from the flooded area, because he was afraid of floodwaters invading at night, he hurriedly grabbed his blankets, mats, and belongings to flee the flood.

"I was afraid that tomorrow I would wake up and find myself in a flood and unable to leave, so I evacuated early even though there was no order," said Mr. Tam.

Mr. Tam (from Bac Giang) carried a mat to evacuate at night even though his house was still quite far from the flooded area - Photo: PHAM TUAN

Vehicles are moved to safe places by Hanoi residents - Photo: NGUYEN HOANG

According to Tuoi Tre Online 's records at Phuc Tan street on the night of September 10, floodwaters also caused many houses along the Red River to be deeply submerged, everyone was rushing to pack up their belongings to escape the flood.

Having just finished moving the washing machine up high to avoid being submerged by floodwaters, Ms. Vu Thi Yen (32 years old, Phuc Tan, Hoan Kiem) said: "The water level was so high, so scary. I had to move my belongings up high in time, I didn't think the water level would rise that high."

Vehicles are moved to safe places by Hanoi residents - Photo: NGUYEN HOANG

Washing machines and refrigerators were raised to high places by residents of Phuc Tan Street (Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi) to avoid floodwaters - Photo: NGUYEN HOANG

On the afternoon of September 10, the water level of the Red River rose more than 10.5m, above the alarm level 1, the water level of the Red River rose 10cm per hour. Hanoi requested the districts: Bac Tu Liem, Tay Ho, Ba Dinh, Hoan Kiem, Hai Ba Trung, Hoang Mai, Long Bien and the districts: Thanh Tri, Dong Anh, Gia Lam... to strictly implement the regulations when the alarm level 1 is issued.

On the afternoon of September 10, Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh inspected disaster prevention work in Bac Tu Liem district.

Bac Tu Liem District is where the Red River flows through four wards: Thuong Cat, Lien Mac, Thuy Phuong, and Dong Ngac.

At the meeting, Mr. Thanh commented: with the current weather, the flood situation in the coming time will continue to be complicated, the water pressure from upstream to the river system in Hanoi is very large.

"We must not be subjective but need to mobilize the entire political system to take action, even prepare and calculate all backup plans for forces and means to respond to incidents in case the Red River water level reaches alert level 3," Mr. Thanh said.

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