TAIPEI: Typhoon Bavi has brought strong winds and rain to Japan’s southern islands, as Taiwan and eastern China brace for the powerful storm with evacuations and high alerts. With maximum sustained winds of 144 kph (89 mph) near its center, Typhoon Bavi is forecast to pass north of Taiwan on Saturday, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration. It is expected to move toward Zhejiang in eastern China and, according to China’s National Meteorological Center, make landfall in the early hours of Sunday.

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…

The Central Weather Administration at 5:30am today issued a land warning for Typhoon Bavi, which is expected to have its greatest impact on Taiwan from this evening through…