Overview

• Kajiki battered Hainan and nearby Guangdong with heavy rain and winds near 162–166 km/h, with some areas forecast to receive up to 320 mm of rain.
• Sanya issued a red typhoon alert and activated its highest emergency response, shuttering businesses, tourist sites and public transport.
• Vietnamese authorities detailed plans to evacuate more than 586,000 people in the central provinces of Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri, Hue and Danang.
• Seven coastal provinces in Vietnam prohibited vessels from departing and ordered boats at sea to return to port.
• Airlines curtailed service, with Vietnam Airlines canceling at least 22 flights and Vietjet reporting cancellations and delays as agencies warned the storm could intensify toward roughly 180 km/h before a likely Monday landfall.