I have a colleague in Da Nang who feared this typhoon hitting the Vietnamese coast hard, but it seems to have stayed in the Philippines, which is good for my friend but bad for Filipinos.
Ironically enough, the one country that will probably provide the most aid is Japan, though I’m sure we won’t be far behind.
I experienced a typhoon in Danang in 1968. What a mess. Especially since there were so many refugees living in cobbled together shacks.