US EditionTyphoon Kajiki drenches southern China’s Hainan island and heads toward Vietnam
Authorities in southern China and Vietnam have evacuated over 600,000 people and suspended services ahead of Typhoon Kajiki, expected to bring winds up to 170 kph and heavy rain.
- On Sunday , China activated a Level‑IV emergency response for Hainan Province while Sanya city closed scenic areas, halted public transport, and suspended businesses and classes.
- The Hainan Meteorological Bureau said Kajiki strengthened to a typhoon early Sunday, rapidly gaining strength as it nears Sanya city with sustained winds of 162 km/h, forecast to make landfall Sunday afternoon or evening.
- Emergency services deployed 918 rescue teams with 7,741 personnel, evacuating 20,728 people from risky areas as local authorities in Hainan and Fengxian District prepared for Kajiki.
- Vietnam plans to evacuate more than 586,000 people from central provinces and Vietnam Airlines cancelled at least 22 flights, while coastal shipping and fishing vessels were ordered ashore.
- Coming after months of extreme rainfall, Kajiki is the 13th typhoon this year, following Typhoon Podul and Typhoon Co‑May; natural disasters caused 52.15 billion yuan in losses last month, the Ministry of Emergency Management reported.
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Typhoon Kajiki drenches southern China's Hainan island and heads toward Vietnam (World)
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Vietnam plans mass evacuation, China’s Sanya shuts as Typhoon Kajiki intensifies
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 businesses and public transport on Sunday as both braced for an intensifying Typhoon Kajiki.
A typhoon is on its way in the South China Sea at wind speeds of around 175 kilometres per hour. Now the cyclone is approaching the Vietnamese coast.
At 175 kilometers per hour, Typhoon »Kajiki« travels across the South China Sea. On Monday, he could meet Vietnam. Hundreds of thousands of people in the affected coastal regions are to be brought to safety.
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