Da Nang Flooding: Which Areas and Streets Flood in Heavy Rain

Since 2023, reports name flooded streets in Hai Chau, Thanh Khe, Son Tra, Lien Chieu and Cam Le, plus some with no area. Flooding appears at 9 areas from about 40–50 mm/hour, and some spots can flood at about 25–30 mm/hour. Treat these as examples, not a full list.

Heavy rain does flood Da Nang streets. On 14 October 2023, water covered Nguyen Van Linh, Ton Duc Thang and Tan Trao streets, as well as Ham Nghi, Quang Trung and Nam Tran. On the night of 13 October, officials moved more than 5,000 people away from a low-lying area of Me Suot Street, in Hoa Khanh Nam Ward, Lien Chieu area.

One rain report covers that night, from the evening of 13 October to 6 a.m. on 14 October, and over that stretch the Ho Ho Cau rain-gauge station in Hoa Vang recorded 285 mm.

Treat the streets below as examples, not a full map of risk. They come from news reports on several dated floods, including that one. That means a street missing from this guide is not proof that it stays dry.

Each street sits under the area its report names: Hai Chau, Thanh Khe, Son Tra, Ngu Hanh Son, Lien Chieu and Cam Le. Streets reported with no area get a list of their own. Check Google Maps for today’s names, since area and ward names here follow the reports as written.

How much rain floods a street in Da Nang

Da Nang’s Department of Construction set the figure at which flooding begins to appear at 9 areas, about 40–50 mm/hour, by comparing rainfall intensity with actual flooding. Some spots can flood at lower rainfall, about 25–30 mm/hour, and they include Nui Thanh Street, the Le Duan – Hoang Hoa Tham intersection, Ha Huy Tap, Tran Cao Van and the Le Tan Trung Street area.

The city is planning for far heavier rain than that. In September 2026, flood-response units were told by the city People’s Committee chairman to prepare scenarios, based on the city’s digital map system, for rainfall of 100–200 mm/hour.

A single hour of hard rain was enough to flood streets on 5 July 2025, when 69.6 mm fell in that hour. Because the downpour was concentrated in a short time, flooding spread widely, including the Huynh Ngoc Hue – Tran Xuan Le section. That area drains from the airport catchment through the Tran Can outlet into a box culvert on Tran Xuan Le Street.

When flooding has been reported

Street flooding has not been limited to the October and November events. Most dated reports here fall in mid-October, late October and early November, yet streets also flooded on 18 September 2024 and 5 July 2025.

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting expected typhoon and tropical-depression activity in 2024 to concentrate from October to December in the middle and southern parts of Central Vietnam. It applied to 2024 only, so do not read it as a pattern for every year. For the typhoon calendar itself, see Da Nang typhoon season.

Hai Chau

Treat the all-clear for Hai Chau as a single moment, not proof that the area stays dry. At 17:00 on 14 October 2023, the area was listed as no longer flooded by the city’s disaster-prevention command. On other dates, as the table above shows, Hai Chau streets were under water.

Thanh Khe

Son Tra

Ngu Hanh Son

In this guide, Ngu Hanh Son appears only as an all-clear. In the city disaster-prevention command’s 17:00 update on 14 October 2023, the area was no longer flooded. Read that as a picture of one hour rather than a long-term record.

Lien Chieu

Cam Le

Streets reported without an area

The streets in this table come from dated news reports that name no area. The last column keeps that gap visible, street by street.

Heavy rain flooded many streets in central Da Nang on the morning of 18 September 2024. The report on that day quoted a list of 10 “hot spot” areas where heavy flooding is frequent. Four of the 10 are the Thac Gian – Vinh Trung lake area, the Da Nang Hospital area, Hai Ho Street and alley 640 Trung Nu Vuong.

Official flood-warning channels

Bookmark the city’s flood map at muangap.danang.gov.vn, which you can follow on a computer or phone. As of September 2024, it drew on 44 rain-gauge stations, and by October 2025 the system covered 82 rain-gauge stations, 8 river water-level stations and 56 flood-warning towers, with data updated 24/7.

As of October 2025, live readings come from the streets themselves: Me Suot Street and 55 flood-risk points each have a device that updates the current flood-water level. On a phone, the Danang Smart City app carries the same rain and flood monitoring system. The app can also send an emergency rescue request to the authorities. For other emergency contacts, see Da Nang emergency numbers. If you are new in town, the first week in Da Nang checklist covers the basics, and beach swimming safety covers rough-sea days.

Check the flood map often, and when it rains, keep your vehicle off roads at high risk of flooding. Residents are advised to do both by city agencies.

A city disaster-prevention notice of 10 October 2024, issued for one heavy-rain event, told city commands and agencies to follow three channels for forecasts and disaster warnings. They are nchmf.gov.vn, kttvttb.vn and the Facebook page Da Nang Disaster Prevention Information (Thông tin phòng chống thiên tai Đà Nẵng). For rainfall, add vrain.vn, also named in that notice.

Drainage upgrades and city response

In September 2026, the chairman’s working group made a surprise inspection of 7 flood hotspots in the city centre. Its route took in critical areas in Hai Chau, Thanh Khe and Hoa Khanh, among them the Nguyen Van Linh intersection, Thac Gian lake and Me Suot Street.

Several works are now finished. Phase 2 of the Ong Ich Khiem pump station has completed its machinery upgrade, lifting the station’s total capacity to 25 m³/second. On Phung Hung Street an underground drainage culvert is complete.

Upkeep is ongoing as well: the city has ordered regular dredging and maintenance of drainage culverts, manholes and water-collection channels. As of September 2026, Da Nang’s drainage and wastewater company has finished 92% of the dredging volume for collection channels at localised flood points.

Homes in three kinds of place came under a review called for in a city directive of 2 November 2024. These are low-lying zones, land along rivers and streams, and zones at risk of landslides or flash floods. People living along the Tuy Loan and Cu De rivers were singled out by name.

There is more to Da Nang than its rainy days. For daily life and practicalities, browse the living in Da Nang guides.

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