The image of flood water more than 1 m deep surrounded the ancient city of Hoi An



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The floodwaters rose rapidly, causing heavy flooding on many roads in Hoi An City (Quang Nam). Hoi An is poetic and peaceful, these days they are in misery due to the floods.

On the morning of November 11, the water of the Hoai River rose rapidly, which caused many low places in Hoi An City, such as Nguyen Thai Hoc, Bach Dang, An Hoi Street, Hoi An Market, the Cam Kim commune … were heavily flooded, some places were flooded more than 1 m. .

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On the morning of 11/11, Hoi An was again surrounded by flood water, in many places it was flooded more than 1 meter deep.

According to Mr. Nguyen The Hung, Vice President of Hoi An City, the flood water level at 9 am 11/11 in Hoi An is 1.75 m, below alert 3 is 0 , 25 m. Currently, Hoi An continues to rain heavily and constantly.

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People struggled to overcome the flood water, Mr. Nguyen Van Toan (from Hoi An) said: “The water rose very fast, I left in less than 1 hour, but when I returned I had to wade in the water, He stopped. The middle of the road must accompany “

“Students of all levels of secondary school, elementary school and kindergarten in the city can drop out of school. However, for high school students decided by the Department of Education and Training, there are also schools that give them permits to avoid flooding, ”Hung said.

According to the Quang Nam Provincial Meteorological and Hydrological Station, in the last 24 hours, the town has had moderate rains, heavy rains and some places with heavy rains. Total precipitation from 1h 10/11 to 1h 11/11 in the north is common 50-90mm, southern provinces are popular 120-160mm, some places 250mm higher, such as Tra Mi ( Bac Tra My district) 254mm, Xuan Binh (Nui Thanh district) 285mm.

It is anticipated that from today until November 12, the localities will have moderate rains, intense to very intense rains, common rains of 100-200 mm, some places exceed 300 mm.

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Many roads in the old town were deeply flooded for more than a month, but the floods increased 5 to 6 times continuously, so people did not dare to display the products for sale.

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The people of Hoi An saw the rise of the flood beaten down. From the beginning of the year until now, the epidemic has stopped reaching until the next flood, tourism “freezes”, causing the old town to “lose income” considerably.

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According to Mr. Hoang Van Thuan (61 years old, Hoi An resident), in recent years there has not been a year in which in more than 1 month floods caused floods in Hoi An up to 5-6 times. From epidemic diseases to storms and floods, in no year have we had so much “rest”. The floods go up and down continuously, I remember the year Hoi An received the most floods in 1999 with 12 times, usually only 2-3 times a month, many times. “

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People have to use boats to get around the streets.

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Ms. Nguyen Thi Chin (who works as a rowboat in Hoi An) said, “The continuous flooding up and down is very tiring, but thanks to that, we have more jobs like rowing. I row a boat for tourism, but the epidemic ended until the storms and floods, so there are no tourists, now mainly catering to the people. The whole family lives off tourism, tourism is delayed, we too are suffering ”.

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The sign warns of deep and dangerous areas.

Cong Binh – Ngo Linh

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