More than 1 million evacuated in China as Typhoon Bavi makes landfall

Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in Zhejiang, China, after triggering mass evacuations

Typhoon Bavi made landfall in Zhejiang Province, eastern China, at 23:20 local time (LT) on July 11, 2026, with 10-minute maximum sustained winds of 144 km/h (90 mph). The storm prompted the evacuation of more than 1.7 million people across eastern China. Bavi passed north of Taiwan before reaching the mainland and enhanced the southwest monsoon over the Philippines, where flooding and landslides caused fatalities. Source

Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in east China with more than one million evacuated

State media said the typhoon is expected to gradually weaken.

Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in eastern China’s Taizhou after nearly 2 million evacuated

Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in eastern China’s Taizhou after nearly 2 million evacuated

Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in eastern China, nearly 1.72 million evacuated

Beijing, July 12 (SANA) Typhoon Bavi made landfall along China’s eastern coast late Saturday, bringing powerful winds and heavy rain to Zhejiang Province after authorities evacuated nearly 1.72 million residents from vulnerable areas. According to the Zhejiang Provincial Meteorological Observatory, Bavi—the ninth typhoon of the year—made its first landfall at about 11:20 p.m. local time []

China evacuates 1.8M people as Typhoon Bavi nears landfall

China evacuated more than 1.8 million people on Saturday ​as Typhoon Bavi churned toward the major eastern city of Wenzhou after pummelling Japan’s southern Sakishima island chain with heavy rain and violent ‌winds and brushing past northern Taiwan. Even as Bavi continues to slow and weaken on its northwesterly path over cooler seas, the typhoon []...Click to read more