Typhoon Bavi · Full chronicle and history

On August 9, 2026, affected by strong wind and rain from Typhoon "White Dolphin", the vessel "Mingzhu No. 7", moored in the Ou River waters of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, sank.

Typhoon Bavi struck Shenyang, with 24-hour rainfall reaching 340 millimeters, breaking records. Urban roads were severely flooded and traffic was paralyzed.

After Typhoon Bavi passed, heavy rainfall occurred in Liaoning, and many places in Northeast China suffered from torrential rain and floods.

According to the Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory, the center of Typhoon Bavi made its second landfall around 00:00 on the 12th in Qingjiang Town, Yueqing, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, maintaining a typhoon intensity of Category 13 during both landfalls.

Typhoon Bavi, the 9th typhoon of this year, made landfall around 23:20 on the night of July 11 in Kanmen, Yuhuan, Taizhou, Zhejiang, with a maximum wind force of level 13 near the center upon landfall.

Ahead of Typhoon Bavi, residents in Shanghai, Hangzhou and coastal areas of Zhejiang and Jiangsu rushed to supermarkets one or two days early to stock up on vegetables, fresh food and other supplies. Hangzhou East Railway Station and the airport were crowded with people evacuating, and coastal residents in Zhejiang parked their cars on elevated expressways to protect them from flooding.

On July 10, 2026, as Super Typhoon Bavi approached, multiple coastal areas in Zhejiang organized residents to relocate inland, with some residents uniformly placed in disaster shelters such as gymnasiums and schools.

On July 10, 2026, due to the approach of strong Typhoon Bavi, multiple northern and eastern counties and cities in Taiwan, including Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, Taoyuan, Yilan, and Hualien, announced work and school closures and carried out typhoon preparations.