Taiwan, Japan and south-eastern China brace for Typhoon Bavi as landslides kill 15 in Philippines - BBC
Typhoon Bavi is moving across the Pacific, causing significant casualties in the Philippines and threatening Taiwan, Japan, and China. Authorities have issued warnings, cancelled flights, and mobilized relief efforts as the massive storm approaches.
Why it matters
The storm's extreme size and intensity pose a major threat to infrastructure and human life across multiple East Asian nations.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Kelly Ng Watch: Typhoon Bavi forecast to bring heavy rain and risk of more landslides Landslides triggered by one of the strongest storms in decades have killed at least 15 people in the southern Philippines, as parts of East Asia brace themselves for the looming storm.
Typhoon Bavi, which spans 1,000km (620 miles) at its widest point – roughly the width of France - is sweeping across the Pacific towards Taiwan.
It is expected to dump rain on Taiwan's north and east, and on a chain of remote Japanese islands, before making landfall in south-eastern China on Saturday.
Dozens of flights have been cancelled while schools have suspended classes across the region. Supermarket shelves have been wiped clean as residents stock up on supplies ahead of the typhoon.
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