On September 18, due to the influence of a tropical depression, there was heavy rain in Da Nang City, some residential areas on Me Suot Street (Hoa Khanh Nam Ward, Lien Chieu District) - considered the "flood center" of Da Nang - showed signs of flooding.

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Me Suot Street (Lien Chieu District, Da Nang) is showing signs of flooding.

The Me Suot Street area has been heavily flooded many times, with water levels rising to about 1.5m. During the flooding in October 2023, Hoa Khanh Nam Ward evacuated more than 4,000 households in the flooded Me Suot Street area.

At noon on September 18, many households in the Me Suot street area temporarily put aside work to stay home and raise their belongings high up in case of deep flooding.

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Mr. Quy moved the furniture to the mezzanine to avoid damage.

Mr. Hanh (residing in Group 37, Me Suot Street) said he took a day off to pack up all his clothes and belongings and send them to his relatives. After school and work, his wife and children will go to their relatives' house to avoid the storm.

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Mr. Hanh packed his clothes, put them in a plastic bag and took them to his relative's house.
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People put their furniture up high to prevent deep flooding.
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People in the "flood center" temporarily put aside all work, stay home, focus on cleaning up and raising their property.

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, as of 10:00 a.m. today (September 18), the center of the tropical depression was about 180 km east of Hoang Sa archipelago. The strongest wind near the center of the tropical depression was level 7 (50-61 km/h), gusting to level 9; moving mainly west at a speed of about 15 km/h.

It is forecasted that in the next 24 hours, the tropical depression is likely to strengthen into a storm, with intensity of level 8, gusting to level 10. It is forecasted that from today until tomorrow night (September 19), the area from Ha Tinh to Quang Ngai will have heavy to very heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms with common rainfall of 100-300mm, locally over 500mm.