Hanoi, Aug. 24 -- As Typhoon Kajiki, the fifth tropical storm to hit the East Sea this year, is moving towards north-central coast, authorities in central provinces have activated emergency measures.

According to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 10am on August 24, the eye of Kajiki was located at 17.4 degrees North latitude and 110.9 degrees East longitude, about 580 km east-southeast of the north-central province of Nghe An and 560 km from neighbouring Ha Tinh province.

The storm was packing sustained winds of 118-149 km per hour (levels 12-13 on the Vietnamese scale), with gusts up to 167 km/h (level 15), and moving westward at around 20 km/h.

By 10pm the same day, Kajiki is forecast to be in the southern ...