As a strong typhoon neared landfall, tens of thousands of people evacuated their homes in southern China and Vietnam, sparking flood warnings and the cancellation of hundreds of flights and trains. According to the China Meteorological Administration, Typhoon Talim, the fourth typhoon of the year, made landfall on the coast of Guangdong province on Monday night at about 10:20 p.m. local time (14:20 GMT), packing gusts as strong as 136.8 km/h (85 mph).According to the meteorological department, storm surges and torrential rain also battered the southern coastline from Guangdong to Hainan province.

As of 5 p.m. local time (09:00 GMT) on Monday, almost 230,000 people in Guangdong had been evacuated to safety under an orange weather alert, the second-highest warning in a four-tier color-coded system. Numerous popular coastal tourist locations were shut down by Chinese officials, who also had 46 salvage ships, eight emergency rescue teams, and 11 rescue vessels ready to respond to the storm. On Tuesday morning, the typhoon Talim may make a second landfall in the coastal region of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Talim is forecast to continue to the Beibu Gulf in the South China Sea.

Flash floods are expected to occur in several areas of Guangxi through Tuesday. Authorities in Vietnam announced on Monday that they were getting ready to evacuate some 30,000 people from the provinces of Quang Ninh and Hai Phong, which were expected to be the most impacted. According to a statement posted online by Vietnam's main disaster response committee, Talim "might be one of the biggest to hit the Gulf of Tonkin in recent years." Airlines have delayed flights to escape the storm and tourists have been urged to flee remote islands.