Local officials are trying to keep the public calm without sugarcoating the reality. They’re urging residents to stay alert, monitor weather updates, and prepare for multiple scenarios. In flood-prone areas, families are packing go-bags: documents, medication, water, flashlights, and chargers. Coastal communities are checking evacuation routes and clearing drains before the storms arrive. In dust-covered regions, people are sealing windows, running air purifiers, and wearing masks outside. Some neighborhoods are organizing volunteer groups to check on elderly residents or help transport supplies to families stranded by floodwaters.
Volunteers have become the backbone of the response. Fishermen are using their boats to rescue stranded families. Off-duty firefighters are clearing roads. Community kitchens are popping up to feed people who can’t cook due to outages. Churches and schools are opening their doors as temporary shelters. In places where the government can’t reach fast enough, neighbors are stepping up, relying on each other the way Caribbean and southern communities have done through countless hurricanes before.
