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Hundreds of thousands evacuated as Typhoon Bavi barrels towards China
Super Typhoon Bavi has been downgraded but is still dangerous, meteorologists say.
Published On 11 Jul 2026
More than 600,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in China as Typhoon Bavi barrels towards the country after hitting Japan’s Sakishima islands and grazing northern Taiwan.
Chinese authorities said on Saturday more than half a million people were evacuated in the eastern Zhejiang province and another 100,000 in neighbouring Fujian province.
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Bavi is expected to make landfall in Wenzhou, a densely populated city in Zhejiang, in the early hours of Sunday, and is expected to bring heavy rains.
Although significantly weakened since it thundered through the US Pacific islands on Monday and tracked northwest, Typhoon Bavi remains a significant risk due to the large volumes of moisture it carries in its rain bands.
In China, the national weather agency issued an orange typhoon alert – the second-highest on a four-level rating. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled, rail travel services have been reduced, and many schools and ferry services have been suspended.
“I’m a little worried, but I think it’ll be OK,” Wenzhou resident Huang Xinghuan, 50, told Reuters news agency while buying groceries at a traditional wet market before it closed ahead of the typhoon.
His family, he said, had stocked about two or three days’ water, and food supplies remain guaranteed.
“We’ve been through typhoons before. We’ll get through it,” he added.
In Ningde city, Fujian province, more than 3,700 people were evacuated from high-risk onshore areas by Friday evening, Xinhua news agency said. Authorities there have placed more than 17,000 emergency rescue workers on standby.
Meanwhile, China’s southern region of Hainan and Guangxi are still reeling from the effects of Tropical Storm Maysak earlier this week. At least 39 people died in the city of Nanning, where a breached dam sent torrents of water through the streets.
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At least 17 people were killed in the Philippines after heavy rains brought on by an enhanced southwest monsoon and worsened by Bavi’s impact triggered landslides overnight on Friday.
In Taiwan, where Bavi is expected to sweep past on Saturday according to the island’s Central Weather Administration, at least 36 people have been injured – mainly while riding motorcycles on slippery roads in the heavy rain and winds.
Some 14,210 people were evacuated across the island by Saturday morning, particularly from the city of Taichung and the county of Hualien. Schools, offices and most restaurants across Taiwan have been closed.
Meanwhile, more than 200 flights were cancelled across Japan as authorities in the southern Okinawa prefecture warned of high waves, strong winds and storm surges. Strong winds and rain have hit the southern Sakishima island chain – administered under Okinawa – since Friday.
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North Korea launched another ballistic missile Tuesday, marking its second reported ballistic missile launch in less than a week.
Japan’s prime minister’s office announced the latest launch Tuesday. Details about the missile’s trajectory, range and where it landed were not immediately available.
The U.S. military said it was monitoring the launch and consulting with allies and partners in the region.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a sea-to-surface strategic cruise missile test from the destroyer in an image released by North Korean state media. (KCNA via KNS / AFP via Getty Images, File)
“We are aware of the recent missile launch and are consulting closely with our allies and partners. Based on current assessments, these events do not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies,” U.S. Pacific Command said in a statement. “The United States remains committed to the defense of the U.S. homeland and our allies in the region.”
The latest launch comes less than a week after North Korea test-fired a short-range ballistic missile from its eastern Wonsan area on Aug. 5.
That missile landed in waters off North Korea’s east coast and did not reach Japanese territory, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said following the launch.
Koizumi said North Korea’s repeated missile launches pose a threat to Japan and the region, and Tokyo lodged a protest with Pyongyang through their embassies in Beijing.
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North Korea test-fired a short-range ballistic missile on Aug. 5. The Hwasong-11LA ground-to-ground tactical short-range ballistic missile is seen being test-fired at an undisclosed location on April 19, 2026, according to the Korean Central News Agency. (KCNA/Reuters)
South Korea’s military bolstered its surveillance posture and coordinated with the U.S. and Japan following the Aug. 5 launch, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.
South Korea’s presidential national security council called that launch “a provocation” that violated U.N. Security Council resolutions and urged North Korea to stop its missile activity.
The launches come ahead of annual joint military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea, which are typically held during the second half of August.
“This annual exercise aims to build understanding between Combined Forces Command, United States Forces Korea, the United Nations Command, and ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), ROK government agency, ensuring their ability to fortify the combined defense posture and enhance Alliance response capabilities against a spectrum of security threats,” United States Forces Korea has said of the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises.
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U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division participate in a river crossing exercise as part of the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise last year, in Yeoju-gun, South Korea. (Getty Images, File)
“It will feature live, virtual, constructive and field-based training, engaging personnel from the various military services,” it added.
U.S. and South Korean officials have said the training is defensive in nature, while North Korea has characterized the exercises as preparation for an invasion and has often responded to military drills with missile tests.
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The Aug. 5 test was North Korea’s first ballistic missile launch since late June, when it tested a tactical ballistic missile carrying what state media described as a “special mission” warhead along with other weapons.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said following those tests that his military needed to bolster its “deadly and destructive offensive posture.”
Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman-Diamond contributed to this report.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday threatened to seize ships belonging to European countries in retaliation for plans to sell off cargo seized from Russian “shadow fleet” vessels.
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Several European companies have intercepted ships carrying Russian oil in contravention of European sanctions targeting the vital revenue source.
New sanctions passed last month permit EU members to sell the oil or any other cargo seized from the ships.
‘Piracy and banditry’
Moscow has bristled at the moves, with Putin calling it “piracy and banditry”.
“We will be forced to respond in kind,” the Kremlin chief said while overseeing naval drills in Russia’s Far East.
Moscow would act “wherever we ourselves deem necessary and appropriate — anywhere,” he added.
Swedish court documents showed Stockholm will transfer to Kyiv a seized Russian ship suspected of transporting grain from occupied Ukraine.
Putin was speaking aboard the Russian cruiser Varyag off the island of Sakhalin, where Russia’s navy was conducting drills.
The exercises come a week before joint US-South Korean war games, designed to simulate a possible invasion from North Korea.
Tensions are high in the region amid accusations from Kyiv and Seoul that Pyongyang and Moscow are further intensifying their military cooperation.
This is a developing story. Check back soon for further details.
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