A day after Da Nang was slammed with record rainfall and flooding, recovery work was underway on Monday to address the damage.

Workers from the Da Nang Water Drainage and Wastewater Treatment Company (DWTC) opening main sewers along Yen Khe Street for rainwater to quickly drain away

The authorities and people of Da Nang are racing against time to deal with the aftermath of widespread flooding caused by prolonged torrential rains over the past two days. The intention was to help to re-establish normality in the lives of local inhabitants, as well as ensure environmental sanitation and urban landscape.

It was reported that, by Monday afternoon, in inner-city areas, the floodwater had been drained away, whilst about 200 houses in the hardest hit rural district of Hoa Vang had still been submerged in floodwaters.

According to initial estimates, a total of 126,2 ha of vegetable growing land in the districts of Hoa Vang, Ngu Hanh Son, Cam Le and Lien Chieu were damaged. In addition, a large number of Tet flowers and ornamental trees, plus 8 tonnes of shrimps and 2 tonnes of farmed fish in Ngu Hanh Son District were swept away by floodwater.

Many other inter-communal routes in some communes of Hoa Vang District were closed from the flooding damage.

The flooding event forced evacuations of Hoa Vang District’s residents from lowland areas to safety, whilst traffic police have remained on duty to prevent road users from running through flooded sections of roads.

Roads connecting the Tuy Loan to Thai Lai villages were cut off by flooding

The municipal Department of Transport assigned its manpower to unblock main sewers at such badly flooded streets as Nguyen Van Linh, Ham Nghi, and Ly Thai To in Thanh Khe District for rainwater to quickly drain away, and make repairs to the flood-damaged traffic road signs.

Meanwhile, amongst educational establishments, the Phan Dang Luu Primary School and the Nguyen Hien Senior High School, both located in Hai Chau District were the most stricken by the flood.

Currently, the 2 schools’ teaching staff are rushing against time to clean up the environment.

Following the instructions from the municipal Department of Education and Training, pupils from preschool to senior high school levels in Hai Chau and Cam Le, and some schools in Ngu Hanh Son, Thanh Khe and Lien Chieu were allowed to stay home today, 11 December, whilst those in Son Tra went back to school.

According to the city’s Department of Tourism, tourists arriving in the city have not been affected much by the floods.

Fully aware of the bad weather, the majority of tourists made a shift to going shopping from sightseeing tours, or visited unaffected attractions.

In order to ensure the safety of visitors, the municipal Tourist Transportation Association has launched its hotline 0909 119 119 so as to give support to local transport service providers.

Officers and men from Flotilla No 2 of the municipal Border Guard have recently successfully rescued the boat BD 97837 from the central coastal province of Binh Dinh with a crew of 10 onboard which had been in danger at sea amid bad weather conditions.

Over the coming days, localities from Thanh Hoa to Binh Dinh, including Da Nang, are predicted to see torrential downpours brought by the northeast monsoon in combination with an intense cold front, the National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Center has warned.

The city is forecast to experience cloudy weather, showers, and thunderstorms, with the temperatures hovering at between 21 to 26 degrees Celsius.