The Red River is vast, people in the central district of Hanoi stay up all night to escape the flood

The Red River water rose rapidly overnight, leaving many people in Hanoi unable to react – Photo: HONG QUANG

Late at night on September 9, hurried footsteps and people calling each other echoed in the residential areas along the Red River, passing through Hoan Kiem and Ba Dinh districts (Hanoi).

The water level rose every hour, forcing authorities to block the road and warn people not to approach the dangerous area.

A local resident said the water started rising at 9 p.m., and they immediately called on each other to evacuate their vehicles to safety. Many nearby households also quickly packed up their belongings and moved to relatives' homes, in case the water continued to rise.

Waking up in the middle of the night because of a strange noise, Ms. Bich Phuong (An Duong street, Tay Ho district) received a phone call from her husband reporting that the Red River water level was rising.

Shining a light around, she discovered that her house was flooded up to her knees. The woman quickly put some electrical appliances in the attic and ran outside. “I had to leave everything behind and run for my life, luckily I was still awake,” she said.

Next to Ms. Phuong’s house, many households also shouted to each other to move their belongings, hastily “fleeing the flood” at night. One family quickly hired a truck, took turns transporting their belongings onto the truck to take them to a safe place.

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 7:00 p.m. on September 9, the water level of the Red River in Hanoi was 7.56 meters, 1.94 meters below alert level 1.

Floods on the Red River in Hanoi are forecast to continue to rise rapidly, with high flow rates due to the influence of floods on other rivers and regulation by upstream reservoirs.

On the afternoon of September 9, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development issued a telegram ordering the director of Tuyen Quang Hydropower Company to open the remaining two bottom spillways of Tuyen Quang Lake at 2:00 p.m.

Thus all 8 bottom discharge gates of this lake have been opened.

On the same day, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development also issued a telegram requesting Thac Ba Hydropower Plant to open the third spillway.

Hoa Binh Hydropower Reservoir is also opening two bottom spillway gates. Flood discharge from all three projects has an impact on the water level of the Red River.

Faced with the rising water level of the Red River, causing the risk of flooding, the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has requested the People's Committees of districts, towns and cities to be ready to evacuate people living in the middle of the Red River in the districts of Tay Ho, Ba Dinh, Long Bien...

Late at night on September 9, the flood water of the Red River rose rapidly. In the photo is the flow area located inside the middle sandbank. This area is usually dry, but tonight it was submerged in a vast amount of water - Photo: HONG QUANG

Waking up in the middle of the night because of a strange noise, Ms. Bich Phuong (An Duong street, Tay Ho district) panicked and moved electrical appliances when she saw the Red River water rising - Photo: HONG QUANG

Hurried footsteps and people calling each other are common scenes in residential areas along the Red River, through Ba Dinh, Tay Ho, and Hoan Kiem districts, on the night of September 9 – Photo: HONG QUANG

Cars and machinery are continuously brought out on Chuong Duong Do street - Photo: HONG QUANG

A family quickly hired a truck, taking turns transporting their belongings onto the truck to take them to a safe place - Photo: HONG QUANG

To get home, they had to wade through a 50-60cm deep flooded road – Photo: HONG QUANG

They brought mainly essential belongings for daily life - Photo: HONG QUANG

Using stones to mark the water line. This group of men said: "Every hour the water rises 8cm" - Photo: HONG QUANG

A group of workers locked the factory door and quickly left – Photo: HONG QUANG

After checking that all the belongings were stacked high, this man felt secure enough to go to his sleeping place – Photo: HONG QUANG

The areas along the Red River were still crowded with people moving their belongings and property at dawn on September 10. Outside, police were always on duty to warn people not to enter the dangerous area - Photo: HONG QUANG

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