Water levels in the Red River continued to rise at 11 a.m. The water flooded the floodplain, threatening residential areas in downtown Hoan Kiem District's Chuong Duong Ward.
Water levels in the Red River were at 9.5 m on Tuesday morning, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. Within the next 24 hours, water levels could rise to 10.5 m.
The water under the Chuong Duong and Long Bien bridges. Video by VnExpress/Anh Phu
The water has flooded an area from Alley 114 Ham Tu Quan to the Chuong Duong Do dock, submerging parking lots and playgrounds. 46 families in the area have been evacuated, and barricades have been erected.
A man used a boat to transport belongings from flooded areas on Chuong Duong Do Street in Hoan Kiem District.
Soldiers and police officers were dispatched to the scene to help people relocate goods.
Nguyen Van Phong, Deputy Party Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, said floods on the Red River have reached their highest levels ever seen since 2008.
About 2 km away, a neighborhood at the Phuc Xa floodplain in Ba Dinh District has also been flooded.
At the Red River floodplain, water levels reached as high as tree branches and submerged a park there.
Due to the floods, Yen Phu Ward in Tay Ho District only has one path left that enables access to neighborhoods using boats.
Authorities used boats to evacuate people and belongings.
Nguyen Hong Diep, vice chairwoman of the Yen Phu Ward People's Committee, said rising waters in the river had isolated neighborhoods, and most people had been evacuated to safety.
"My house, my belongings, my crops have all been flooded. I have 12 dogs, yet I only managed to save five, while I put the rest on the roof. I hope the water would stop rising," said Phan Thi Tuyet (pictured).
Early Tuesday morning, several families in Alley 176 Nghi Tam in Tay Ho District had to be evacuated as water levels reached as high as a person's waist.
Hanoi suffers heavy damage from typhoon Yagi, with three people killed and 10 injured from Sept. 6 to 8. Several vehicles and houses, as well as thoudands of trees were damaged.
The typhoon also triggered floods and landslides in many northern Vietnam localities, including Thai Nguyen, Lao Cai, Phu Tho, Cao Bang and Quang Ninh.
By Tuesday afternoon, at least 87 people had been killed due to floods and landslides and 70 others remained missing.
