The storm will is expected to make landfall in the south central region on Sunday morning with wind speeds of 60 kilometers per hour before weakening into a tropical depression.

“We are doing all we can to minimize the possible losses of lives and property. The storm coupled with high tide and monsoon may leave devastating consequences,” Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong told an emergency meeting in HCM city which is struggling with downpours as a result of Usagi.

All schools in the inner HCM city have closed from 12 p.m. on Saturday. Central provinces from Thua Thien-Hue to Binh Thuan and the Central Highlands, home to popular resort towns of Hue, Da Nang, Hoi An, Nha Trang and Da Lat, are likely to be battered by heavy rains. Warnings of floods and landslides have been issued. Storm Usagi comes a week after Typhoon Toraji triggered landslides that killed at least 19 people in Nha Trang city. Weather forecasters have warned of four to six more typhoons and tropical depressions off Vietnam’s east coast until the end of the year.