Local residents ride motorcycles through floodwater in Can Tho, Vietnam, on Oct. 9, 2018. High tides in rivers have inundated many areas in Vietnam's southern localities over the past three days, with the tides reaching the record high of 2.23 meters in Can Tho city on Wednesday, said the Can Tho Climate Change Coordination Office. (Xinhua/VNA)
HO CHI MINH CITY, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- High tides in rivers have inundated many areas in Vietnam's southern localities over the past three days, with the tides reaching the record high of 2.23 meters in Can Tho city on Wednesday, said the Can Tho Climate Change Coordination Office.
The tide in Can Tho was 2.23 meters on Wednesday, the highest-ever level in the locality, the office said, noting that the previous record of 2.15 meters was made in 2011.
On Monday, the high tide broke a dyke in Cai Khe ward, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city, so water from the Hau River flooded many houses and orchards adjacent to the river.
On Tuesday, in Ho Chi Minh City, the tide on the Saigon River was at 1.68 meters, inundating some streets in districts 4 and 7, said Vietnam's Southern Regional Hydro-meteorological Center.
On Monday and Tuesday, high tides broke many dyke sections in some communes of southern Vinh Long province along the Tien and Co Chien rivers, flooding hundreds of hectares of orchards, the provincial authorities said on Wednesday.
Local forces are reinforcing dykes in areas hit by water floods caused by high tides.
The high tides are seasonal, but the floods have been intensified by ground sinking and inadequate drainage systems amid rapid urbanization, according to local experts.
