Hearing the news that water was coming from upstream, people in Nong Tien ward reinforced their raft houses.

People in the raft village in Minh Xuan ward prepare plans to move furniture to prevent water from rising.

Tie the rope to anchor the raft securely.

The river water rose and flooded the boat dock.

Mr. Huynh Tuan Hung, 55 years old, living in village 8, Trang Da commune (Tuyen Quang city), said that his family lived in the river for 3 generations. In addition to the floods in 1971 and 1986, he also witnessed floods in 2001 and 2009. This year, the water came quickly and early. His corn area planted on the riverbank was not yet ready to be harvested, so it was flooded.

The river water flooded the back of the bamboo grove.

The water flooded the banana bushes, and trash formed into patches that washed ashore.

The water caused the firewood to drift onto the raft.

Water flooded the beach in the middle of the river.

Water covered trees and fruit stands planted by people along the river.

People moved by boat from the shore to rafts.

A wood stove on a raft house.

A child at a raft house.

People set up markers to monitor water levels.

The raft house is reinforced and nestles against the bank when the river water is high.

Water is sloping around the old ferry wharf in Minh Xuan ward.

The river water rose after Tuyen Quang Hydropower Plant discharged its bottom gate.