Typhoon Bavi Heads for China After Week of Deadly Storms
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- Typhoon Bavi, with maximum sustained winds of 162 km/h (101 mph), is forecast to make landfall Saturday night south of Shanghai near the Fujian-Zhejiang border after first passing north of Taiwan
- China's earlier-week storms killed 50 people in two regions: Tropical Storm Maysak caused 39 deaths in Guangxi flooding that included a partial dam collapse in Hengzhou, while 11 died in severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in Hubei on Monday night
- Taiwan closed schools in Taipei, tied up fishing boats in northern ports, and canceled many flights to Japan, Hong Kong and other destinations through Saturday
- Zhejiang province evacuated more than 17,000 people and placed 170,000 rescue workers on standby ahead of the storm, according to the official Xinhua News Agency
- Fujian province suspended ferry routes due to rough seas and ordered fishing boats back to port
- Bavi had weakened from supertyphoon strength earlier in the week after bringing violent winds to Saipan and other U.S. Pacific territories
Why it matters: With 50 people already dead from earlier storms and 170,000 rescue workers on standby in Zhejiang alone, a direct landfall near the populous Fujian-Zhejiang border threatens to compound what is already one of China's deadliest weather weeks in recent memory.
