Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong (36 years old, living in Hai Chau ward) on the evening of October 21 was busy choosing food when the number of orders to go to the supermarket doubled.
Normally, Ms. Huong only receives 8-10 orders per day, now nearly 20 orders, mainly from older uncles or families with young children who cannot go to the supermarket to buy food to store before storm No. 12.
"The supermarket is very crowded today, even if I go, I have to wait in line all day. People ask me to buy foods such as vegetables, eggs, lean meat, mackerel, etc. I often send photos of the price list for customers to choose, there is never a price increase because I have to maintain my reputation to have long-term customers" - Ms. Huong said.
Also busy delivering orders to customers who order in advance, Mr. Le Van Tan (35 years old, Hoa Cuong ward) - shared that to facilitate people going to the supermarket, he also advised many customers to order goods according to the "combo".
Accordingly, Mr. Tan's 3-meal/day package will have enough meat, fish, vegetables, and fruits, ranging from about 300,000 VND. Buyers only need to choose the item, he will go to each video booth to give detailed quotations.
According to Lao Dong reporters, before storm No. 12, the demand for going to supermarkets and online markets in Da Nang exploded because many households with elderly people, pregnant women, apartment residents... did not have time to shop.
Recently, the People's Committee of Da Nang City issued Official Dispatch No. 08/CD-UBND to relevant agencies and 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...
