Hundreds of thousands of residents are in the process of being rushed today from seaside areas of Vietnam, as Hurricane Katziki is threateningly approaching the central part of Asia’s country, with winds nearly 160 kilometers per hour.

Katziki, the fifth hurricane affecting the Vietnam This year, it is currently at sea, in the Gulf of Tinin, where it causes waves of up to 9.5 meters high.

Hurricane is expected to reach over the ground at around 13:00 (local time, at 09:00 Greek time) with a speed of 157 kilometers per hour, according to the Vietnam Hydromete Corporate Provision Center.

Some 325,000 citizens in five seaside provinces were expected to be expeditiously removed and temporarily refuge in schools and various other public buildings, authorities said.

The center of Vin, a seaside city in the central part of the country, was flooded at night.

In the morning, the roads were almost completely empty and most shops and restaurants were closed. Merchants and residents had placed sand bags to protect their businesses or homes.

At dawn, nearly 30,000 people were rushed from the area, two national airports were closed and all the fishing boats on the hurricane were ordered to return to the ports.

The extreme weather He is expected to lose much of his intensity after reaching over the ground.

More than ten internal flights were canceled yesterday, while on the island of Hainan, in China, authorities were hurrying 20,000 inhabitants as the hurricane passed by the southern coast.

In Vietnam, more than 100 people were killed or preached missing due to natural disasters during the first seven months of 2025, according to the numbers by the Ministry of Agriculture. Damage to the national economy is estimated to have more than $ 21 million.

Vietnam suffered a loss of $ 3.3 billion in September 2023, when strong Hurricane Jagi hit it, causing extensive catastrophes in the north and leaving hundreds of dead.