While portions of China were still recovering from Typhoon Maysak, China and Taiwan were preparing for what may be the most deadly tropical storm in years as Typhoon Bavi rumbled southeast of Taiwan on Thursday with winds up to 200 kph (124 mph). As Taiwan prepares for what could be its strongest typhoon since Kong-rey in 2024, which killed three people, authorities predict that up to one meter (3.3 feet) of rain will fall on the island’s northern mountains around Taipei. According to the defense ministry, 29,000 soldiers have been put on standby.
According to China’s National Meteorological Centre, Bavi, which is presently around 1,000 km (621 miles) wide at its widest point, or nearly the width of France, is expected to avoid northern Taiwan before making landfall in China’s eastern Fujian province on Saturday night. According to Jason Chang, a forecaster for Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration, storms of this magnitude have been “fairly rare in recent years,” and Bavi is expected to be the biggest storm to hit the island since 1987.
At a news conference on Thursday, local officials stated that rescue personnel in China were still searching through the wreckage left by Typhoon Maysak, which struck the southwestern area of Guangxi earlier this week and killed at least 39 people. They said that nine people were still unaccounted for around the area. The second-biggest economy in the world, China, as well as its neighbors Japan and Taiwan, are more vulnerable to catastrophic weather occurrences that experts attribute to climate change. The anticipated arrival of El Nino this year is especially concerning since it may raise temperatures and contribute to more frequent and powerful typhoons.According to Jason Nicholls, an expert with AccuWeather, a commercial forecasting service, “Bavi will remain a dangerous storm as it impacts Taiwan and eastern China later Friday into Monday, even though some loss of wind intensity is anticipated starting Thursday.”
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