Hurricane Pakhar raging in HCMC

The storm weakened into a tropical low-lying hamlet, but when entering Ho Chi Minh City with strong winds, heavy rain caused many houses to collapse, a series of uprooted old trees and ferries Cat Lai had to stop operating .

For the first time in many years, Saigon people witnessed a storm with thunderstorms all day. The strongest is in the evening of 1/4, the strong wind caused dozens of old trees to turn on. The incidents do not cause casualties on people but make travel of people difficult, many areas suffer from power outages.

At around 17:00, a message tree with a diameter of 0.6m in front of the shoe store on Nguyen Trai Street (District 5) was uprooted to cross the road. After that, on many other roads in the city center such as Tran Hung Dao, Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, Cong Quynh, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Dinh Tien Hoang, Vo Thi Sau, Pham Hong Thai, Truong Dinh . also There are many ancient trees on the ground.

Two taxis were crushed by trees in Hoang Van Thu park. (Photo: An Nhon)

On Hai Ba Trung Street (District 1), a flat limestone tree fell on Vinasun taxi but luckily no one was injured. Tran Hung Dao Street, a series of trees with more than a meter diameter, fools across the road, pressing on the power line. Nearly 22h, the Ho Chi Minh City police fire police force cut trees and cleared traffic.

At the same time, on Truong Son Street, right at Hoang Van Thu Park (Tan Binh), a series of old trees turned on, pressing on two 7-seat taxis and a motorbike. No one was injured but two taxis were slightly damaged. Green trees across the road forced Tan Son Nhat traffic police to divert strenuous vehicles in the rain.

On Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, at the foot of Binh Trieu Bridge, Saigon Bridge on District 2 . many billboards, barriers of wind-blown projects are everywhere. Vo Van Ngan Street (Thu Duc) a high scaffold frame tens of meters collapsed.

The staff of the Ho Chi Minh City Green Park Company has spread around the place to quickly cut the trees to release the scene. Ho Chi Minh City police fire protection force is also assigned to support the task when the incident occurs.

Meanwhile, from 14:00, the storm raged and caused all ferries in Cat Lai terminal, connecting Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai, to stop working. If you want, people have to go around the National Highway 51 to go to Dong Nai and in the opposite direction to Ho Chi Minh City, farther than nearly 100km. So many people try to wait for rain and wind to cross the ferry.

By 18:00, the rain and wind became fiercer. The ferry is still inoperable, causing hundreds of people to miss the road. Leaders of District 2 (Ho Chi Minh City) were present to direct forces to bring people to live temporarily at My Thuy Primary School (Cat Lai Ward, District 2) to wait for the ferry. People also receive shrimp noodles and drinking water to combat hunger. In the beginning of Nhon Trach district (Dong Nai), the local government also supported the same.

In Can Gio, by the afternoon of the same day, more than 2,000 people of two coastal communes and towns of Thanh An, Long Hoa and Can Thanh town were taken to the headquarters of the Labor Confederation, the storm-sheltering cultural center. safe. In the initial statistics, in Can Gio, there were 4 collapsed houses, 16 houses were roofed, 11 boats were sunk, a boat was drifted, 19 trees were green and a pole was broken.

Can Gio people were relocated to the storm shelter centers. (Photo: An Nhon)

By 23h the same day, thunderstorms in HCM City have decreased. There has been no statistics of damage due to storms.

Mr. Nguyen Minh Giam, Deputy Director of the Southern Regional Hydro-meteorological Station said that the tropical depression entered Ho Chi Minh City around 15-16h on the same day with strong winds of level 5-6, rainfall estimated to reach 50mm. After sweeping through Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Binh Duong and Binh Phuoc ., tropical depressions will cross Cambodia.