Typhoon Noru made landfall near Vietnam's popular beach resort city of Da Nang on Wednesday morning, bringing powerful winds and heavy rain as tens of thousands of people were evacuated.
Noru hit Vietnam at 5 a.m. Wednesday, less than 36 hours after it left a trail of destruction in the Philippines, known as Karding, according to CNN Weather.
The typhoon was weakened a bit before it made landfall but was still equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane with winds near 175 kph, or about 109 mph.
Before its arrival, Vietnamese authorities had banned vessels from the sea and asked students to stay at home.
It will continue to bring strong winds and surges along the coast near Da Nang and is expected to weaken as it pushes inland over Southeast Asia. Over the next 48 hours, Central Vietnam, southern Laos, and northern Thailand are at risk of flooding.
Local authorities were asked to cancel unnecessary meetings on Tuesday to focus on storm prevention and control, according to Viet Nam News, the English newspaper run by state-owned Vietnam News Agency VNA Viet Nam News. Plans to move 26,255 households, around 99,424 people, were being asked by local authorities in case of flooding, with priority given to children, the elderly, pregnant women and disabled people.
The province of Thua Thien Hue, which has more than 2,000 fishing vessels and about 11,000 fishermen, banned vessels from going out to sea on Sunday because of the warnings that the storm will cause strong winds, high waves and flooding, according to Viet Nam News.
Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired an urgent meeting with officials from at least eight provinces expected to be affected by the storm to discuss response efforts, according to VNA.
Ministers, branches and localities, particularly the heads of such units, must enhance their responsibilities to ensure the safety, life and property of the people and the state in the context of the weather. The prime minister said that climate change is becoming increasingly extreme and unusual, causing serious consequences, according to Viet Nam News.
Typhoon Noru left the Philippines around 8 p.m. on Monday, according to a bulletin from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration PAGASA after barreling through with high winds and heavy rains that flooded Luzon the country's largest and most populated island.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said on Tuesday that eight people were killed in typhoon-related incidents, including five rescue workers.