A powerful typhoon has battered Vietnam's coastal provinces, with strong winds and rains felling trees and tearing the roofs off houses. Schools and airports were closed and almost 600,000 people across the country were ordered to leave their homes ahead of Typhoon Kajiki's arrival on Monday afternoon in the coastal province of Ha Tinh.

Typhoon Kajiki struck Vietnam, resulting in at least three fatalities and ten injuries, with warnings for floods and landslides. The storm, which rapidly intensified, caused widespread damage to homes,