Vietnam's central belt was lashed by Typhoon Kajiki on Monday, with at least one person killed by deluges and gales howling more than 130 kilometers per hour, as tens of thousands of residents were evacuated from the path of the tempest.

Two airports in Thanh Hoa and Quang Binh provinces were closed, and Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet cancelled dozens of flights. Kajiki had previously skirted the southern coast of China’s Hainan Island, prompting business and transport closures, though conditions were expected to improve by Monday night.

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.