Da Nang residents are in a hurry to prepare for typhoon Noru as Da Nang could face potential threat from the hurricance according to the storm's latest path from Viet Nam’s National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. Therefore, authorities at local level and relevant units are taking urgent action to help local residents in response to the hurricane.  

As observed by our reporters from the Da Nang Newspaper, authorities in Son Tra District are actively helping local residents with strengthening their homes, pulling their fishing boats ashore, and moving those, including workers and college students, living in rented propertites to safe places as typhoon Noru is approaching.

In addition, the district-level authorities are deploying their personnel to residential areas in their locales to help locals prepare their homes for the approaching storm. The border guards are working with relevant units to provide guidance and arrangements for fishermen to anchor their boats in the ​​Tho Quang Fishing Wharf and other designated serve weather shelters in the city.

The border guards helping locals move their basket boat out of the water to find a storm shelter in order to mitigate the damage to them during the storm.

Many baskets and small boats are brought to the pavement of Hoang Sa Street to shelter from the storm.

A garage roof located in Nai Hien Dong Ward, Son Tra District has been already strengthened to weather typhoon Noru.

Staff at a kindergarten located in Hoa Son Commune, Hoa Vang District is preparing its facility for the approaching hurricane.

Thac Gian Lake was already lowered its water level to prevent urban flooding during the storm.

Reporting by HOANG HIEP – Translating by H.L