Thousands evacuated before Storm Noru's arrival

Nguyen Van Thien, 56, is wheeled away by local authorities onto a car so he could get to a shelter.

Elderly people, women and children living in dilapidated houses in Quang Ngai's Binh Son District were told to evacuate on Tuesday morning.

Authorities have devised plans to evacuate 5,000 people living in areas vulnerable to floods and erosion.

Storm Noru is forecast to hit provinces including Quang Ngai and Quang Nam early on Wednesday.

People of Son Tra Village bring their personal belongings to shelters.

Local authorities of Binh Dong Commune instruct people to go evacuate through a loudspeaker.

An elderly man is carried to safety to a car for evacuation as he cannot walk on his own.

Disabled people are brought onto buses to go to shelters.

The same morning, authorities of Quang Nam's Tam Thanh Commune also evacuate elderly people and children to the provincial border guard headquarters and a medical college for shelter.

Phan Thanh Dung is paralyzed due to a stroke, so he is brought onto an ambulance for evacuation.

Nguyen Vuong, along with his son and grandchild, evacuate to safety after making sure their home has been well-fortified against the storm.

Children in Binh Dong Commune wear raincoats as they prepare to be evacuated.

Elderly people and children are seated on a bus to be evacuated.

Quang Nam plans to evacuate around 46,000 families with over 155,000 people to safety.

Do Thi Trien, 80, sits on a bus as she waits to be evacuated.

Children of Binh Dong Commune play among themselves before the evacuation.

Other people in Binh Dong Commune of Quang Ngai are evacuated to a local company for shelter. The Binh Son District People's Committee said it has prepared plans to evacuated over 11,500 families ahead of Noru's arrival.