Vietnam closed schools, airports, and evacuated thousands of people as it braced for powerful Typhoon Kajiki to make landfall Monday, threatening the country’s northeast with destructive winds and storm surges.

Typhoon Kajiki has brought strong winds and heavy rain to southern China's Hainan island and parts of Guangdong province.

Vietnam has ordered more than half a million people to evacuate as Typhoon Kajiki barrels towards the country with gales as strong as 100 miles per hour.