Floods have inundated 520B provincial road sections running through Thanh Quan Commune, Nhu Xuan District, Thanh Hoa Province, on Wednesday.
Heavy rains and floods over the past two days have caused several villages in different communes to be isolated, and crops to be swept away, according to the Nhu Xuan District People's Committee.
A man in the district has gone missing after going fishing on Tuesday night, the committee added.
In Thanh Hoa City, the province's capital, several streets like Le Loi, Phan Chu Trinh and Truong Thi are around 50-70 cm underwater.
Thousands of hectares of crops in several districts in the province have been damaged due to the floods.
In Nghe An, heavy rains on Tuesday caused water levels in rivers and streams to rise by about 0.5 m, flooding certain neighborhoods in Quy Chau and Thanh Chuong districts.
Local authorities deployed forces to help people relocate their belongings and cattles to safer areas during the night.
A police motorbike and other objects are left in floodwaters at a government office in Quy Chau District.
Authorities of Quy Chau District have erected warning signs and deployed personnel to keep vehicles away from inundated areas.
A pickup truck got stuck on National Highway 8A in Son Kim 1 Commune, Huong Son District, Ha Tinh Province after rubbles tumbled down following heavy rains. The driver was unharmed.
The highway section was cleared Wednesday noon following hours of cleanup.
Due to weather patterns incurred by a tropical depression, several Vietnamese regions have received heavy rains starting Tuesday evening, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Ha Tinh saw up to 210 mm rainfall over the last 12 hours.
Rains are forecast to persist in the three provinces until Thursday at 100-250 mm, while nearby provinces will receive 40-120 mm rains.
