Vietnam has evacuated hundreds of thousands and closed schools and airports as Typhoon Kajiki, its strongest storm so far this year, nears landfall. With winds up to 166 kilometers per hour Monday morning, the storm is expected to hit Thanh Hoa to Ha Tinh provinces in the afternoon. Kajiki intensified from a tropical depression to a powerful typhoon in under two days. That's as fast as last year's Typhoon Yagi's, which killed 300 people. Nearly 600,000 residents are being moved from high-risk areas, and 16,500 soldiers are on standby. Scientists warn seas warmed by climate change are fueling faster, stronger storms.

Typhoon Usagi has swamped rural villages in floods, knocked down power and displaced thousands more people before blowing away from the northern Philippines, which has been pounded by five major storms in less than a month. Forecasters also say a new storm in the Pacific could strengthen into a powerful typhoon before hitting the Philippine archipelago on Sunday. Usagi was blowing toward southern Taiwan on Friday. There were no immediate reports of casualties from its passage over the Philippines.