Over 900,000 people flee in China as typhoon lashes Taiwan, Japan islands
Typhoon Bavi has triggered mass evacuations across China, Taiwan, and Japan, with nearly 900,000 people displaced in China alone. The storm has caused significant infrastructure damage, power outages, and flooding, prompting emergency government responses.
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A woman struggles with an umbrella in strong winds and rain as Typhoon Bavi passes off northeastern Taiwan in Keelung on July 11, 2026. [AFP] More than 900,000 people have fled their homes in China, the government said, as an approaching typhoon lashed northern Taiwan and Japan's remote southwestern islands on Saturday, toppling trees and leaving tens of thousands without power. Extreme weather has already wreaked havoc on southern and central China this week, with storms leaving at least 39 dead and causing dozens of rivers to overflow and a reservoir dam to burst. Typhoon Bavi is expected to make landfall early on Sunday around Wenzhou, a metropolis of nearly 10 million people in the eastern province of Zhejiang, where the city government said 887,801 people had been evacuated from their homes by late Friday.
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