WEBVTT 00:00:03.322 --> 00:00:06.860 According to Lao Dong Newspaper reporters, on the evening of October 17, 00:00:06.860 --> 00:00:10.693 prolonged heavy rain combined with high tide caused many inner-city roads in Can 00:00:10.693 --> 00:00:12.462 Tho city to be severely flooded. 00:00:12.502 --> 00:00:15.881 You can see that the location I am standing here is the Ninh Kieu Wharf 00:00:15.881 --> 00:00:19.035 area. Currently, the local people have compared the roads at Ninh Kieu Wharf to 00:00:19.035 --> 00:00:21.963 gradually turning into rivers, the water is rising very high and flooding into 00:00:21.963 --> 00:00:24.442 the shops of the people on both sides of the road. 00:00:24.442 --> 00:00:29.366 Many people struggled to control their vehicles through the roads in the Ben 00:00:29.366 --> 00:00:34.670 Ninh Kieu area and saw cars moving quite slowly, many motorbikes had stalled, and 00:00:34.670 --> 00:00:37.322 bicycles struggled to go through deep water. 00:00:38.017 --> 00:00:40.520 On the way back, I went to the ferry station to go down to the camp, the 00:00:40.520 --> 00:00:42.729 water was flooded over there, I thought about going this way but there was no 00:00:42.729 --> 00:00:44.497 one there, there were even more people asking to go this way. 00:00:45.157 --> 00:00:48.177 It's so difficult to walk, I want to fall, I can't ride. 00:00:48.648 --> 00:00:52.563 The water was only a little bit high before, but it rained so much that 00:00:52.563 --> 00:00:53.868 the water rose so high. 00:00:53.868 --> 00:00:56.848 I'm going from the direction of Hoa Binh Avenue. You're here. 00:00:56.848 --> 00:01:01.128 There are parts that don't flood, but this part is so flooded that it's flooded like a toilet. 00:01:01.128 --> 00:01:02.508 Here, more than half the wheel is submerged. 00:01:02.508 --> 00:01:06.688 Flooded about 5 blocks 00:01:06.688 --> 00:01:09.443 I'm back in trouble, the rain and wind are making me afraid that the customers 00:01:09.443 --> 00:01:11.648 will wait too long, afraid that the customers will pump more goods. 00:01:11.648 --> 00:01:15.548 This rain and wind, plus flooding, the roads are blocked like crazy. 00:01:15.968 --> 00:01:19.616 Too much like a river or an ocean, this year, this year the water rose too high, 00:01:19.616 --> 00:01:22.835 it's too fast to eat, this is still coming in, you see, every year it 00:01:22.835 --> 00:01:25.839 doesn't rise slowly, but this year it's very fast, all the imported goods are 00:01:25.839 --> 00:01:29.487 there, you see, I don't know what the plan is for the next day, I don't know 00:01:29.487 --> 00:01:33.564 if it's going to be like this or if I have to rush too much, but this year is 00:01:33.564 --> 00:01:36.568 not any worse, 2022, this year is not worse, because it's rising too fast. 00:01:37.585 --> 00:01:40.924 According to the Can Tho City Hydrometeorological Station, the highest 00:01:40.924 --> 00:01:45.931 peak water level until this afternoon, October 17, on the Hau River at the Can 00:01:45.931 --> 00:01:49.270 Tho Hydrometeorological Station at 4:30 p.m. was 2.13m, exceeding alarm 00:01:49.270 --> 00:01:50.605 level 3 by 0.13m. 00:01:51.085 --> 00:01:54.387 Peak water levels on the city's rivers and canals are forecast to continue to 00:01:54.387 --> 00:01:57.925 rise and are likely to reach their highest peak this afternoon in the coming days. 00:01:58.185 --> 00:02:03.473 Peak water levels occur daily in the early morning from 6am to 8am and in the 00:02:03.473 --> 00:02:05.125 evening from 4pm to 8pm. 00:02:05.125 --> 00:02:08.485 This is a storm surge with peak height exceeding alert level 3. 00:02:08.845 --> 00:02:12.554 In the afternoon, strong winds combined with heavy rain will cause widespread 00:02:12.554 --> 00:02:15.645 flooding in low-lying areas and riverside areas of the city.