Typhoon Bavi caused severe disruption across East Asia on Saturday, as it battered Japan's southern islands with heavy rain and strong winds, and brought life in Taiwan to a near standstill.

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

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…