More than 300,000 people have been told to evacuate as Typhoon Kajiki moved across a wide area between Hanoi and Da Nang.

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

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.

More than 300,000 people have been told to evacuate as Typhoon Kajiki moved across a wide area between Hanoi and Da Nang.

The country’s weather agency said rainfall could reach 500 millimetres until the end of Tuesday in several parts of northern Vietnam.

It comes less than a year after Vietnam was hit by Typhoon Yagi, which killed 300 people.

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

Ten others wounded, nearly 7,000 homes damaged after Kajiki batters Vietnam with fierce winds and torrential rains.

Typhoon Kajiki causes devastation in Vietnam, killing three, injuring 10, flooding streets, and damaging thousands of homes.

VINH, Vietnam: The death toll from Typhoon Kajiki rose to three in Vietnam on Tuesday, as rescue workers battled uprooted trees and downed power lines and widespread flooding…

Des villages isolés, des toits arrachés et des coupures d’électricité : le typhon Kajiki révèle la vulnérabilité du Vietnam face à l’intensification des catastrophes climatiques.