Typhoon Bavi Batters East China, Taiwan Reports 134 Injured
The storm knocked out power to 177,485 households and led to 14,476 evacuations, officials said.
- On Saturday, Typhoon Bavi lashed Taiwan, injuring 134 people and cutting power to 177,485 households. Officials evacuated 14,476 residents nationwide to mitigate risks from torrential rain and landslides.
- Ahead of the storm's arrival, Chinese authorities evacuated nearly 2 million people, mostly in Zhejiang province. Bavi struck the coastal city of Yuhuan on Saturday night before moving toward Wenzhou.
- Emergency crews used excavators and chainsaws on Sunday to clear streets in Wenzhou littered with fallen trees. In Yueqing, more than 1,300 trees fell across the city, over 700 uprooted entirely.
- The transport ministry reported 137 international and 62 domestic flight cancellations on Sunday. Taipower restored electricity to 158,631, or 89 percent, of affected households nationwide.
- Although Bavi weakened to a tropical storm by Sunday morning, forecasters warned the France-sized system could unleash prolonged rainfall across eastern and northern China. It continued triggering landslides and waterlogging in several areas.
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The tornado is now heading towards the interior of the country with active alerts for rains and risks of secondary disasters
Typhoon Bavi, which arrived with winds of 144 km/h and heavy rain, uprooted trees.
Typhoon Bavi was demolished on Sunday into a tropical storm, but it is advancing with strong winds and torrential rains in eastern China, where nearly two million people have been evacuated.
Typhoon Bavi weakens but brings strong winds and rain to China as more
BEIJING (AP) — Typhoon Bavi weakened to a severe tropical storm after making landfall in eastern China’s Zhejiang province but was still bringing strong winds and heavy rain to eastern China on Sunday. It weakened early Sunday with maximum sustained winds of around 101 kph (63 mph) near its center, according to China’s national weather center, and is expected to move northwestward across eastern China. Bavi passed north of Taiwan on Saturday but…
(Seoul·Beijing=Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Sook-hee, Correspondent Kim Hyun-jung = Approximately 2 million people across China have been evacuated due to the landfall of Typhoon No. 9 'Babi' and heavy rains. Flights and high...
A deadly typhoon made landfall in eastern China on Saturday, triggering landslides and flooding.
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