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Typhoon Bavi takes aim at China as Taiwan’s capital shuts schools
Officials said more than 17,000 people were evacuated in Zhejiang as the storm weakened from supertyphoon strength.
- On Friday, Typhoon Bavi approached China's east coast, forecast to make landfall Saturday night near Shanghai after claiming 50 lives this week across the country.
- With maximum sustained winds of 162 kilometers per hour, the storm passed north of Taiwan, bringing heavy rains to the island's 23 million people; schools closed in Taipei and flights to Japan and Hong Kong were canceled through Saturday.
- According to the official Xinhua News Agency, authorities in Zhejiang evacuated more than 17,000 people and placed 170,000 rescue workers on standby, while Fujian suspended ferry routes due to strong winds and rough seas.
- In southern China, Tropical Storm Maysak flooding killed 39 people, while severe thunderstorms in Hubei killed 11; separately, a non-storm-related landslide in Gansu killed 21 forestry workers on Tuesday.
- Bavi weakened from supertyphoon strength earlier this week when it brought violent winds to Saipan and other Pacific territories; its current path takes it over remote Japanese islands before reaching China.
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Wenzhou's Cangnan county evacuates residents living in coastal areas
Typhoon Bavi is forecast to make landfall along the coast between Fujian and Zhejiang provinces on July 11. In the city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province, evacuation preparations are underway ahead of the typhoon's arrival.
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