LookAtVietnam – Floods are on the rise, submerging many streets in HCM City since September 21.

Many roads in District 2, District 8, Binh Thanh and Phu Nhuan districts have been flooded up to 40cm depth.

The Hydrometeorology Forecast Station of the Southern Region said that the water level measured at the Phu An station in the Saigon River was 1.40m at 6.30, September 21. Floods are expected exceed 1.42m on September 22 evening, the highest level so far.

The HCM City Flood and Storm Control Steering Board has asked some hydropower plants like Tri An, Thac Mo, Cam Don and Srok Phu Mieng to not discharge water to diminish flood for HCM City.

It is forecast that the flood risk will last until September 23 with peak areas of concern from 4-8am and from 4-7.30pm everyday.

The areas most prone to floods are includes wards in district 12, Thu Duc, Go Vap, Binh Thanh, Binh Chanh, Cu Chi and Hooc Mon districts.

VietNamNet/Tien Phong