Over 900,000 people flee in China as typhoon lashes Taiwan and Japan islands

The typhoon has caused power outages for tens of thousands and toppled trees. This comes after extreme weather earlier in the week in southern and central China, which resulted in 39 deaths, overflowing rivers, and a burst reservoir dam. Typhoon Bavi is expected to make landfall near Wenzhou, a city of nearly 10 million in Zhejiang province, where 887,801 people were evacuated by Friday.

Authorities in Wenzhou stated the extensive mobilization is to prepare for a worst-case scenario. Residents reinforced shops and taped windows in anticipation of heavy rains in eastern Zhejiang and northeastern Fujian province. In northern Taiwan, over 14,000 people were evacuated, hundreds of flights cancelled, and more than 170,000 households lost power.

The typhoon, downgraded from a super typhoon, had maximum sustained wind speeds of 137 kilometers per hour and gusts of around 173 kmh. The Central Weather Administration warned of extremely torrential rain and dangerous waves up to 10 meters along Taiwan's coast. In the Philippines, the death toll from landslides and heavy rains linked to Bavi rose to 18, with nearly 11,000 people displaced.

In Japan, over 18,000 households in Okinawa lost power, and dozens of flights were cancelled, affecting more than 26,000 passengers. Some Taiwanese residents expressed frustration over the governmen