The “extremely dangerous” storm has forced more than a half-million evacuations in Vietnam and thousands in China.

Typhoon Kajiki has made landfall after Vietnam ordered more than half a million people to evacuate their homes in anticipation of widespread destruction.

Vietnam announced plans to evacuate more than half a million people and ordered boats to stay ashore, while the southern Chinese city of Sanya closed businesses and public transport on Sunday as both braced for an intensifying Typhoon Kajiki.