Vietnam announced plans to evacuate more than half a million people and ordered boats to stay ashore, while the southern Chinese city of Sanya closed

Vietnam closed schools, airports, and evacuated thousands of people as it braced for powerful Typhoon Kajiki to make landfall Monday, threatening the country’s northeast with destructive winds and storm surges.

Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from Vietnam’s central coast as Typhoon Kajiki approaches, bringing winds of up to 160 km/h and heavy rains.