Typhoon Kajiki is battering the coast with heavy rains and strong winds, as authorities warn it could cause flash floods and landslides.

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.