BEIJING—Strong winds and heavy rain whipped southern China’s Hainan island and nearby parts of Guangdong Province on Sunday, as Typhoon Kajiki passed over open waters to the south and headed toward Vietnam’s central coast.
About 20,000 people were evacuated from potentially hazardous areas ahead of the storm, China’s state media Xinhua said. Fishing boats returned to port, and more than 21,000 crew members came onshore.
