Based on media reviews, on Sunday, Vietnam introduced the evacuation of greater than 300,000 residents and the cancellation of a number of home flights forward of Kajiki’s anticipated landfall on Monday. The Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that airports in Thanh Hoa and Quang Binh provinces have been shut, whereas carriers corresponding to Vietnam Airways and Vietjet suspended quite a few routes.
Earlier, the storm swept previous China’s Hainan Island, the place the coastal metropolis of Sanya ordered companies to shut and halted public transport. Describing Kajiki as a “harmful, fast-moving storm,” Vietnam’s authorities cautioned residents concerning the threat of torrential rains, floods, and landslides, reportedly.
Photos taken on Monday morning present streets submerged in muddy water and bushes mendacity toppled throughout roadways within the metropolis of #Sanya in south China’s #Hainan Province, after Storm #Kajiki battered the island with fierce winds and torrential rains on Sunday.
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— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) August 25, 2025
Officers worry Kajiki might attain the identical harmful drive as Storm Yagi, which hit lower than a yr in the past. Presently transferring by means of the Gulf of Tonkin, the storm is producing waves as excessive as 9.5 metres (31 toes).
Whereas Vietnam stays extremely uncovered to tropical cyclones as a consequence of its lengthy shoreline alongside the South China Sea, the Joint Storm Warning Centre famous that Kajiki might weaken because it nears the Gulf’s continental shelf, the place ocean warmth content material is decrease.