Over 1.7 million evacuated as Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in China
Typhoon Bavi has made landfall in China's Zhejiang province, prompting the evacuation of over 1.7 million people. The storm previously caused significant damage and casualties in the Philippines before moving toward Taiwan and mainland China.
Why it matters
Large-scale evacuations highlight the significant humanitarian and economic impact of extreme weather events in densely populated coastal regions.
<p>Typhoon Bavi made landfall in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang late on Saturday night and was expected to gradually weaken, according to China’s national weather centre. </p> <p>Bavi previously brought strong winds and rain to Japan’s southern islands and Taiwan. It was the second typhoon to impact China in just over a week’s time. The first, Maysak, made landfall in southern China on July 3.</p> <p>Chinese authorities have evacuated more than 1.7 million people as of Saturday and issued high alerts while eastern China braced for Bavi, which had maximum sustained winds of 144km/h near its centre.
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