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27-08-2025
HANOI: A powerful typhoon is battering Vietnam’s coastal areas with strong winds and heavy rain.
Typhoon Kajiki has delivered gusts up to 118-133 km/h (73-82 mph) and could trigger flash floods and landslides, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting says.
In the coming hours, winds may rapidly ease but the impact of rain will be ongoing and over a much larger area, our lead weather presenter writes in the latest forecast.
More than 586,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes, thousands of soldiers are on standby to assist with evacuations.
“I have never heard of a typhoon of this big scale coming to our city,” one evacuee sheltering in a sports stadium says.
Typhoon Kajiki made landfall in Vietnam on Monday afternoon, battering the country’s coastal provinces with winds of up to 118-133 km/h.
Vietnamese authorities have said it could be as powerful as Typhoon Yagi, its most powerful storm in 30 years which killed 300 people when it hit last year.
While the storm has decreased in intensity, the wind speeds remain high, the country’s weather forecasting service said.
Close to 600,000 people were ordered to leave their homes in the coastal province of Ha Tinh. Central provinces of Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri, Hue and Da Nang were also ordered to evacuate.
Flights have also been suspended at two airports in its central region along with some train services. Meanwhile road travel has been suspended in Ha Tinh, a northern coastal province.
Vietnam isn’t the only country facing off Typhoon Kajiki, which earlier skirted past China’s Hainan Island and brought heavy rain and strong winds to southern China.
Authorities in Thailand have also sent weather warnings to 58 provinces as the typhoon approaches the country. There have been warnings of flash floods, runoffs and landslides could hit the country.
We are pausing our live coverage here for now but we’ll be sure to keep our news story up to date with any developments.
Thai authorities warn of potential flash floods and landslides
As well as the existing alerts in place for Vietnam, Thailand’s authorities have also sent weather warnings to 58 provinces as Typhon Kajiki approaches the country.
The Thai government warns of flash floods, runoffs and landslides could hit parts of the country until Wednesday.
It warns that strong winds will mean waves in the upper Andaman Sea and the upper Gulf of Thailand are forecast to be up to 3m high.
It adds that rapid-response units and disaster relief task forces must also be prepared for immediate operations.
What’s the difference between hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons?
Hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons are all storms, but they vary in name depending on where they are formed.
They are all the same weather systems, featuring strong winds, heavy rain, storm surges and have an eye in the centre of them.
Hurricanes are tropical storms that form over the north Atlantic and north-east Pacific Oceans. Cyclones are formed over the south Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Typhoons are formed over the north-west Pacific Ocean.
The storm is expected to move inland towards Laos and Thailand, China’s Meteorological Center reported, with the risk for flash flooding and mudslides increasing. Between 200-400 millimeters of rain is forecast in some regions in Vietnam, with isolated areas exceeding 600 mm. (Int’l News Desk)
