Tens of thousands of passengers have been affected as Bavi, the biggest typhoon in years which is sweeping towards Taiwan, has forced airlines across eastern Asia to cancel or reschedule more than 180 flights.

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

South China Morning Post finds more than 40 flights cancelled and 10 delayed to Sunday as storm approaches Taiwan.

Tens of thousands of passengers have been affected as Bavi, the biggest typhoon in years which is sweeping towards Taiwan, has forced airlines across eastern Asia to cancel or…

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…