The typhoon’s huge size – over 1,300km diameter – and moisture plume will bring heavy rainfall to eastern and central China.

Bavi is expected to gradually weaken this week and threaten northern Taiwan and Japan's Ryukyu Islands as a Category 3 storm on Friday.

After devastating the western Pacific islands, Bavi’s catastrophic winds are expected to hit the eastern Chinese coast over the weekend.

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

The storm is expected to hit Taiwan before approaching Fujian and Zhejiang provinces on the mainland coast, raising flood risks in regions already battered by Typhoon Maysak and…

Across region, residents stock up, airlines cancel or reschedule flights, school is disrupted and zoo appeals for help finding lost animals.

Zoo official pleads for help to find ostriches, raccoons and other missing animals, warns the public not to get too close.

Bavi will be region’s most powerful typhoon since 2024 if it maintains its forecast intensity

China and Taiwan prepare for Typhoon Bavi, expected to be the most powerful storm since 2024, impacting land on July 11.

Taiwan's weather forecaster warned on Thursday of "destructive" winds as the biggest typhoon in years swept towards the island after pounding US Pacific territories.

China and Taiwan are bracing for possibly the most destructive tropical storm in years as Typhoon Bavi churned southeast of Taiwan, with winds near 200km/h, and as parts of China…

China, Taiwan and Japan braced for what may be the most destructive tropical storm in years as Super Typhoon Bavi, a storm roughly the width of France at about 1,000km, churned…

The typhoon’s huge size – over 1,300km diameter – and moisture plume will bring heavy rainfall to eastern and central China.