HCM City, Oct. 1 -- The Southern Regional Hydro-Meteorological Center has announced that river tide s in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta region reached flood warning level 3 on September 30 and October 1.

There are six warning levels, with more than 5m being the maximum.

The centre said the tides at Phu An and Nha Be stations on the Sai Gon-Dong Nai rivers rose to a record 1.68-1.70m on the two days. The peak times are from 5am to 7am and 4pm to 6pm.

The centre has issued flood warning level 2 for until October 2.

On September 29 afternoon in district 8's Me Coc Street, the tide caused 30m of the embankment to collapse, badly flooding the entire area near Kenh Ngang Bridge No 3.

Members of the militia force in the district's wa...