A man carrying water bottles walks through flood waters after heavy rains caused by Typhoon Matmo in Thai Nguyen city on October 8, 2025. Record floods submerged streets in several communities in Vietnam on October 8, with at least eight people killed this week, the government said. - Photo: AFP
HANOI: (Bernama-VNA) Nearly 84,000 houses in northern Vietnam remain submerged following floods triggered by Typhoon Matmo as of Thursday (Oct 9) morning, a significant decrease from more than 220,000 homes affected earlier this week, Vietnam News Agency reported.
According to the Department of Dike Management and Disaster Prevention (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment), Thai Nguyen Province remains the worst-affected province with over 70,000 flooded houses, followed by Bac Ninh (more than 11,000), Lang Son (about 2,500) and several dozen in Cao Bang.
Floodwaters have also inundated sections of national highways, provincial roads and rural routes, disrupting traffic, while train services on the Hanoi-Dong Dang line have been suspended.
More than 210,000 households are still without electricity, with restoration efforts ongoing.
Cars are submerged in flood waters after heavy rains caused by Typhoon Matmo in Thai Nguyen city on October 8, 2025. Record floods submerged streets in several communities in Vietnam on October 8, with at least eight people killed this week, the government said. - Photo: AFP
Although rainfall has eased across the North, river levels remain high, as of 5am, the Cau River running across Thai Nguyen, Hanoi, and Bac Ninh stood 0.7-1.8m above the highest alarm level (Level 3), while the Thong River in Lang Son and Bac Ninh rose above historic flood levels recorded back in 1986.
The CaLo River in Hanoi was 1.28m above the Level-3 alarm, while the Day River in Ninh Binh Province measured slightly below.
Over the next day, water levels on most rivers are expected to recede, except the Cau River at Dap Cau Ward in Bac Ninh, which is forecast to peak by Thursday afternoon.
Thursday’s data also showed that the consecutive impacts of typhoons Bualoi and Matmo have caused 76 dike incidents across the cities and provinces of Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho, Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, Thai Binh, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Tri.
Currently, 28 hydropower reservoirs in the northern region are discharging water through spillways at rates of 100 cubic metres per second or higher. - Bernama-VNA
