Traffic police units instruct vehicles travelling through flooded zone safety as floodwater was hitting the lowland areas of Đà Nẵng City. Photo courtesy of Đà Nẵng City’s Storm and Flood Prevention Centre

ĐÀ NẴNG – Tragedy struck an eight-member family in Điện Bàn Tây Commune, 30km south of Đà Nẵng City, on the afternoon of October 28, when one member died and seven others were rushed to medical centres and hospitals for treatment after suffering suffocation at home.

The city’s Storm and Flood Prevention Centre reported that the family had been sleeping in living rooms while using air conditioners powered by generator-driven electricity during a blackout caused by flood-affected main power lines.

Students of Đà Nẵng-Đông Á University prepare food to provide to local people in flooded communes and living quarters in rural mountainous areas. Photo courtesy of Phương Chi

Local rescue and medical teams were called to provide first aid before transporting family members to nearby hospitals in Đà Nẵng, but one member later died at the hospital.

The centre said T.V.C, 51, from Điện Bàn Bắc Commune, went missing after a boat carrying him and another person capsized during fishing in floodwaters.

Rescue forces managed to save one man from the accident, but T.V.C was swept away by the strong current.

Two pregnant women living in the flooded quarters were safely taken to medical centres by speedboats.

Volunteers carry food and logistics to flood-affected zones in Hội An ancient town. Local voluntary teams have been called to support communities in disaster hit areas in Đà Nẵng City. Photo courtesy of Phạm Hải

Safe traffic forces and excavators were clearing large amounts of soil from a road in Trà Giác Village, Trà Tân Commune.

Many community-based rescue and SOS teams have offered support to local communities in flood-affected areas.

The disaster rescue team of Đông Á Đà Nẵng University voluntarily prepared 600 food boxes for local groups in submerged zones in Đà Nẵng and surrounding rural areas.

The team also sent volunteers to flood-hit areas to move furniture, assist people to safe locations, and provide motorbike transport services.

Electric car Phúc An Company in Hội An also delivered 100 food rations to disaster-affected families in Hội An Town.

The Lifestart Foundation, an NGO in Hội An, has launched an emergency flood relief appeal for people in central Việt Nam.

It said urgent provisions should be collected to deliver critical relief supplies — including food, clean drinking water, blankets, and other essentials — to the families and children most in need.

The city’s People’s Committee held an emergency meeting to address erosions and flood-related dangers over the coming days. VNS