Vietnam orders evacuations and closes airports as Typhoon Yagi is set to make landfall

Vietnam’s northern provinces have closed airports and evacuated residents as Typhoon Yagi is set to make landfall after killing two people and injuring nearly a hundred others in the Chinese province of Hainan. Vietnamese meteorological authorities described Yagi as “one of the most powerful typhoons in the region over the past decade.” Yagi is expected to land Saturday afternoon near the coastal province of Quang Ninh, home to the UNESCO World Heritage site Ha Long Bay. The government has issued several alerts and those vulnerable to floods or landslides were evacuated. Four airports were shuttered, including in the capital, Hanoi, and the port city of Haiphong.