Vietnam plans to evacuate more than half a million people while the Chinese city of Sanya closed businesses as the countries braced for Typhoon Kajiki.

Vietnam plans to evacuate more than half a million people while the Chinese city of Sanya closed businesses as the countries braced for Typhoon Kajiki.

Typhoon Kajiki is brushing past Hainan in China before heading for Vietnam, forecasters say.

El fuerte viento, que afectará también a China, podría alcanzar rachas de hasta 170 kilómetros por hora antes de tocar tierra entre la tarde y la noche del lunes

Typhoon Kajiki was packing winds of up to 166 kph (103 mph) as it approached Vietnam's central coast.

Flights grounded and streets deserted as country braces for ‘extremely dangerous’ typhoon to hit

VINH, Vietnam: Tens of thousands of residents were being evacuated from coastal Vietnam on Monday, as Typhoon Kajiki barrelled toward landfall expected to lash the country’s…

More than 16,500 soldiers and 107,000 paramilitary personnel have been mobilised to help with the evacuation.

A powerful typhoon has made landfall in northeast Vietnam, south of Hanoi, with schools and airports closed, and more than 586,000 people evacuated.