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

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.

A powerful typhoon has made landfall in northeast Vietnam, south of Hanoi, with schools and airports closed, and more than 586,000 people evacuated.