Overview

• Kajiki is forecast to come ashore around 1 p.m. local time with sustained winds near 157 km/h, according to Vietnam’s national forecasters.
• About 325,500 people in five coastal provinces are designated for evacuation, with roughly 30,000 moved by dawn into schools and public buildings.
• Two national airports are closed, more than a dozen domestic flights are canceled, and fishing boats have been ordered back to port.
• Overnight flooding was reported in Vinh, while waves up to 9.5 meters were measured in the Gulf of Tonkin as the storm approached.
• Hainan province in China raised its top emergency level and evacuated about 20,000 residents, underscoring the regional scope of the threat.