A antheral wearing a raincoat rides a bicycle connected a roadworthy earlier Typhoon Kajiki makes landfall successful Vietnam, successful Nghe An state connected August 25, 2025.
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Vietnam has unopen down airports, closed schools, and initiated wide evacuations arsenic it prepares for the astir almighty tempest truthful acold this year.
Typhoon Kajiki was packing winds of up to 166 kph (103 mph) arsenic it approached Vietnam's cardinal seashore and was forecast to turn stronger earlier making landfall connected Monday afternoon, the country's upwind bureau said.
"This is an highly unsafe fast-moving storm," the authorities said successful a connection Sunday night, informing that Kajiki would bring dense rains, flooding and landslides.
The tempest was 150 km disconnected the cardinal seashore arsenic of 12 a.m. GMT, the upwind bureau said. The oculus of the tempest is forecast to deed an country betwixt Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces astir 9 a.m. GMT (9 p.m. Sunday ET).
With a agelong coastline facing the South China Sea, Vietnam is prone to storms that are often deadly and trigger unsafe flooding and mudslides.
The Vietnamese authorities said Kajiki was expected to beryllium arsenic almighty arsenic Typhoon Yagi, which battered the state little than a twelvemonth ago, killing astir 300 people and causing $3.3 cardinal of spot damage.
Authorities said connected Sunday that much than fractional a cardinal radical would beryllium evacuated and ordered boats to enactment ashore.
Two airports successful Thanh Hoa and Quang Binh provinces person been unopen down, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam. Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet person cancelled dozens of flights to and from the area.
Kajiki skirted the confederate seashore of China's Hainan Island connected Sunday arsenic it moved toward Vietnam, forcing Sanya City connected the land to adjacent businesses and nationalist transport.
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