Ho Chi Minh City has heavy rain from afternoon to evening, many roads are heavily flooded.

It is noted that since 3pm, heavy rains and dangerous thunderstorms have occurred all over Ho Chi Minh City. Due to the rain lasting for many hours, some roads have been flooded, with some areas being half a meter deep.

Since 3pm, heavy rain with dangerous thunderstorms has appeared all over Ho Chi Minh City.

Severe flooding on Ma Lo Street, Binh Tan District. Photo: Phuc Nguyen

Among them, there are routes such as: Pham Van Chieu, Nguyen Van Khoi, Quang Trung, Le Duc Tho, Le Van Tho (Go Vap district), Nguyen Van Qua, Song Hanh (district 12), Pham Duc Son (district 8), Le Co, An Duong Vuong, Ho Ngoc Lam, Ma Lo (Binh Tan district) and National Highway 50 (from the intersection with Nguyen Van Linh street to Binh Hung street, Binh Chanh district) making it difficult for vehicles to move.

As of 7:00 p.m. on September 17, many roads in District 12, Go Vap, Tan Binh, etc. were still deeply flooded.

Nguyen Van Khoi Street, Go Vap District is flooded

Le Van Tho Street, Go Vap District, flooded on the evening of September 17.

Flooding on Song Hanh Street, District 12

Phan Huy Ich Street, Tan Binh District. It was nearly 8pm but the street was still flooded, many people had to walk their motorbikes through the flood water.

People walking through flooded road

People stopped their motorbikes on the roadside, waiting for the water to recede before daring to go home.

Water flooded into people's houses

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, from tonight and tomorrow evening (September 18), the Southern region will continue to have scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with rainfall from 10 - 30 mm, some places over 50 mm.

The agency warned that thunderstorms may produce tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind. Localized heavy rains may cause flooding in low-lying areas.

Heavy rain in Ho Chi Minh City, people struggle with flooded water On the afternoon of August 14, heavy rain poured down on Ho Chi Minh City for more than an hour, causing many streets in Thu Duc to be deeply flooded.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/tp-hcm-mua-lon-tu-chieu-den-toi-nhieu-tuyen-duong-ngap-nang-2190817.html