Strong winds that accompanied the rains knocked down a 15-m tree and blocked Cau Xeo Street in Tan Phu District.
Many motorbike riders had to wade through water that almost completely covered their wheels.
Phong, 48, had to put up planks in front of his house on Dinh Bo Linh Street in Binh Thanh District to keep out water and two motorbikes to reduce the water splashed into the house by passing cars.
"We raised the house’s foundation, but it's still flooded since it rained too hard tonight," he said.
Dinh Bo Linh Street was under water, and many motorbikes stalled here as their engines were flooded.
Minh, 35, loses balance and falls off his motorbike as its engine suddenly stalled on Le Duc Tho Street in Go Vap District.
A girl walks her stalled motorbike through the water in front of Ward 13 people's committee office in Go Vap District.
Locals assist people on motorbikes get through a flooded section of Nguyen Xi Street in Binh Thanh District.
Thao Le in Go Vap District cleans her house after the floodwaters recede.
According to the Southern Hydrometeorological Center, a low-pressure system in the East Sea was the reason for the heavy rain in HCMC on Thursday night.
Many parts of the city received over 60 mm of rainfall in two hours.
