Tunnels on Thang Long Avenue submerged after heavy downpours
With Typhoon Wipha being the third storm of the year to hit the nation, Hanoi suffered from a prolonged period of heavy rain, leaving many tunnels on Thang Long Avenue flooded with commuters forced to wade through floodwater on their way to work.
Flood season in Da Nang: Locals joyfully take to the street to ‘catch fish’
Regardless of the rain, a group of locals in Da Nang city still go down the streets to “catch fish”, giving the area a joyful, positive atmosphere amidst the flood-stricken days.
Hue City hardest hit by flooding
Since early October, a long section of central Vietnam, from Quang Binh Province to Quang Nam Province have had to succumb to the ravages of fierce storms and catastrophic floods. The imperial city of Hue in Thua Thien-Hue Province was among the most vulnerable. The water level was even higher than the 1999 flood, the highest of all time. Thousands of hectares of agricultural land and fish farms were damaged.
Nghe An residents live submerged after floods
Three days after flooding triggered by recent Storm Molave, it has stopped raining in Nghe An province, but floods recede slowly and local people still live submerged in water.
Efforts in search for Tra Leng landslide victims
All-out efforts have been exerted to search for residents missing in the landslide which hit Tra Leng commune, Nam Tra My district in the central province of Quang Nam on October 28.
