Typhoon-Bavi

Powerful Typhoon Bavi has made landfall in China, becoming the second typhoon to hit the country within a week. Nearly 2 million people have been evacuated from areas along the storm’s path to avoid potential damage. The nearly 1,000-kilometer-wide Typhoon Bavi first struck the coastal city of Taizhou on Saturday evening. It then made a second landfall in Wenzhou shortly after midnight, Chinese authorities said. Earlier, the storm battered several remote Japanese islands and brought hea...

Powerful Typhoon Bavi is moving toward Wenzhou, a major city in eastern China, after lashing Japan’s southern Sakishima Islands with heavy rain and strong winds. China has already evacuated more than 600,000 people to safe shelters to avoid possible damage. The typhoon is forecast to make landfall in Wenzhou, home to nearly 10 million people, early Sunday. Although Bavi weakened slightly while passing north of Taiwan, its massive rainband, roughly the size of France, still poses a major t...