Weather tracker: Typhoon Kajiki causes mass evacuations on Vietnam's coast

China's Hainan province gets red alert while Hurricane Erin brings almost 50ft waves to the western PacificVietnam has evacuated more than half a million people as it braces for Typhoon Kajiki which, at the time of writing, is forecast to make landfall near the city of Vinh on Monday. Boats and flights have been cancelled in preparation for the typhoon's impact.Kajiki developed into a typhoon on 23 August as it travelled across the South China Sea. It continued to strengthen, with sustained winds reaching more than 100mph (160km/h), as it travelled just to the south of Hainan, an island province in southern China. A red alert was issued for Hainan, which is the highest alert level in China's warning system. Continue reading...