On the evening of October 21, Ms. Nguyen Thi Lien (36 years old, Hoa Cuong ward, Da Nang) felt overwhelmed by the crowded scene of people coming to the supermarket on Nai Nam street. The food stalls here are all crowded, at the food stalls, dried and processed foods, Ms. Lien also has to squeeze in to buy goods.
"Many people heard that the storm was about to hit, so they had the mentality of buying food as a reserve, causing the supermarket to be crowded, I had not bought enough of the items I wanted but had to rush out to queue up but had not yet been paid" - Ms. Lien said.
Similarly, the family of Ms. Nguyen Thi Xuan (living in Da Nang City) also went to the supermarket to buy things, prepare food and essential items to prepare for the storm on the evening of October 21.
Ms. Xuan said that she and her husband had to queue up to quickly pay for the goods purchased on the 2 cars. There are many people coming later, the line of people lining up to pay is getting longer and longer, they are not patient enough and are forced to go home empty-handed, choosing to go to convenience stores to buy food little by little.
According to Lao Dong reporters, many people in Da Nang City share the same mentality of buying food reserves during stormy days.
A resident living near Hoa Cuong market (Da Nang) shared that not only the supermarket, since the morning of October 21, many food stalls at the market have also become much larger, especially essential items.
Also on October 21, the People's Committee of Da Nang City issued Official Dispatch No. 08/CD-UBND to agencies, units on proactively responding to heavy rain and storm No. 12.
Due to the influence of storm No. 12, the North East Sea area (including Hoang Sa special zone) has strong winds of level 7-8; the area near the storm's eye has strong winds of level 9-11, gusts of level2; waves 3.0-5.0m high, the area near the storm's eye has 5.0-7.0m high. The sea is rough. Due to the influence of the storm and cold air combined with the disturbance of the East wind and the East wind after the storm, from the night of October 22 to October 27, there is a possibility of a very large-scale heavy rain in Da Nang City.
The Chairman of the City People's Committee requested Directors of Departments, branches, sectors and Chairmen of People's Committees of communes, wards and special zones; Heads of agencies, units, associations and unions to thoroughly grasp and continue to effectively implement proactively responding to natural disasters in the next 10 days and weather trends from now until the end of 2025 and related directives.
At the same time, strictly organize on-duty, monitor, update, and grasp the developments of floods and storms; focus on leading, directing, and activating disaster prevention plans according to the risk level in the area; be responsible to the Chairman of the City People's Committee for the work of preventing, responding to and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters.
Thereby, regularly updating and reporting on the situation of floods and storms, calling on people to proactively respond, reserve food and essential necessities for at least 3 days to prevent major floods; Reviewing and proactively implementing evacuation activities, especially in dangerous areas, areas at risk of deep flooding and landslides (to be completed before 5:00 p.m. on October 22, 2025); Ensuring food and necessary equipment at evacuation points, not allowing people to be hungry, cold...
