Heartbroken to see goods flooded in water
After receiving news of heavy rain, Mr. Nguyen Van Tuong immediately took a bus from Bac Giang to Hanoi to support his daughter - the owner of a store selling children's clothes and supplies - in a heavily flooded area.
His daughter has rented a townhouse on Le Trong Tan Street to sell children's household appliances for over a year. However, this is the first time she has encountered heavy rain, which has severely affected her business.
Mr. Tuong prepares to pump water in the elevator (Photo: Hoa Le).
"It was raining heavily, the water rose quickly and flooded the basement, within 10 minutes it was heavily flooded. There were 10 people in the store but they couldn't react in time, only a few items were salvaged," said Mr. Tuong.
From the first floor, the store sells diapers, clothes, and baby products. The basement is used as a warehouse. His family has just imported a new batch of diapers to prepare for the fall-winter sales.
The rain flooded the basement (Photo: Hoa Le).
According to Mr. Tuong, the estimated damage is up to 700-800 million VND. Knowing that this area often experiences flooding during heavy rains, his family has equipped it with 3 electric water pumps.
But with the recent rain, the three pumps could not pump the water out fast enough. On the afternoon of September 28, when the rain stopped, he started operating all the pumps to pump water out of the basement.
Ten hours later, the basement of the adjacent villa was dry, leaving only mud and scattered goods. Early in the morning, his family worked hard to clean up the basement.
Mr. Tuong's family cleaned up the basement (Photo: Hoa Le).
Mr. Tuong had to set up a machine to drain the water in the elevator. "I have rented a shop here for more than a year, this is the first time my family has encountered such heavy rain and such severe damage," he said.
He bitterly recounted that not long ago the store had caught fire and suffered considerable damage. Now, the family store had to deal with the added problem of goods being submerged in a water tank.
Therefore, he recommended that the authorities review the drainage system in this area to ensure it does not flood like in the recent past.
I hope the basement will dry up by the afternoon.
Since last night, Mr. Ha Van Uoc - a security guard at the gym in a villa adjacent to Le Trong Tan Street - has had to operate 3 pumps to pump out flood water from the building's basement.
Mr. Uoc expects it will take another 8 hours to drain all the water in the tunnel (Photo: Hoa Le).
Realizing that this is an area prone to flooding during heavy rains, the store owner designed corrugated iron barriers. If it rains, the security guard will put the barriers at the ends of the tunnel to prevent water from flowing into the basement.
The shields in front of the tunnel entrance are not effective (Photo: Hoa Le).
"However, there were times when it rained heavily and water from outside rushed in, causing the flexible corrugated iron to warp. At that time, the corrugated iron was almost useless. The water in the tunnel rose very quickly, almost reaching the road surface," said Mr. Uoc.
When it rained on September 27, Mr. Uoc pumped rainwater out of the cellar. The next day, the rain became heavier, and he had to pump three times a day. However, the cellars were still full of water.
People clean up after a day at a villa submerged in water (Photo: Hoa Le).
Mr. Uoc said: "Normally, this basement is mainly used to park vehicles for customers who come to exercise. Some of my belongings are also kept down there. It was raining so hard, there were two motorbikes with their necks locked, so we couldn't bring them up, so they were submerged in water."
He estimated it would take another 8 hours to drain the water from the tunnels, clean up, and return the ground to its original state.
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