Vietnam is preparing to evacuate half a million people before Hurricane Kajiki | Climate crisis news

More than 16,500 soldiers and 107,000 semi -military employees have been mobilized to help evacuate.

Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate the coast of Vietnam in the face of the South China Sea, with airports and schools closed as salads of two goals for the Kajiki runners.

The Vietnamese government said on Monday that about 30,000 people from coastal areas were evacuated. On Sunday, the authorities said that more than half a million people will be evacuated and the boats will be ordered to stay in the port.

The government said in a statement on Sunday evening: “This is a very fast -moving storm,” warning that Kajiki will bring heavy rains, flows and landslides.

The government said in a statement that more than 16,500 soldiers and 107,000 semi -military individuals had been filled to help evacuate and stand alongside search and rescue.

The country’s weather agency said that the hurricane, which reaches 166 km/h (103 miles per hour), is scheduled to fall on Monday afternoon. The common hurricane warning center said that the conditions indicate “the direction of weakening the approach as the system approaches the continental shelf of the Gulf of Tonkin, where there is less thermal content in the ocean.”

Two airports were closed in the provinces of Tuan and Quang Binh, according to the Civil Aviation Authority in Vietnam. Vietnamese Airways, Vitagit Air, canceled dozens of flights to and from the region on Sunday and Monday.

Vietnam News Agency said that coastal provinces prevented ships from going out to the sea starting on Monday and were already contacting them.

Vietnam is vulnerable to storms that are often fatal and lead to dangerous collapses and clay collapses. More than 100 people were killed or disappeared due to natural disasters in the first seven months of 2025, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

Last year, Typhoon Yagi killed about 300 people and caused property damage by about $ 3.3 billion.

“A little afraid”

Vinah Water City in Vinh was overnight, as its streets were largely deserted this morning, as most stores and restaurants closed, as residents and business owners sanded their property entrances.

“I have never heard of a hurricane of this large size to our city,” Lu Manah Tong, 66, told Fennah to Agence France -Presse. It indicates that other families were evacuated in an internal stadium.

“I am a little afraid, but then we must accept it because it is its nature – we cannot do anything.”

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, the official Vietnam News Agency, said the homes are at risk of collapse from the storm, and even tall buildings may suffer from severe damage.

The inner storm is expected to move across Laos and North Thailand.

Kajiki struck the southern coast of the Chinese Island on Sunday while moving towards Vietnam. About 20,000 residents were evacuated from the Chinese province, which reduced its alerts in the response of the hurricane and responding to the emergency on Monday morning.

But the authorities have warned of heavy rains and isolated storms in cities in the southern part of the province.