Governments have urged people to avoid outdoor activities, while several top tourist attractions remain closed, including parts of Disneyland and Legoland, and several viewing platforms along the Bund in Shanghai. Footage on state media show ground-floor businesses flooded in the former French Concession in Shanghai, an area popular with tourists, and people wading through ankle-deep
Typhoon Dolphin has cut power to at least 44,000 buildings and injured at least five people after hitting Japan’s Okinawa island on Saturday. Flights to and from Okinawa’s main airport – Naha International Airport – were cancelled as it closed on Friday as the storm arrived. The storm had maximum wind speeds of 162km/h (101mph)
Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from parts of eastern China as a powerful typhoon, the second to hit the country in a week, moves toward the coast. Typhoon Bavi, which spans 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) at its widest point – about the width of France – is expected to make landfall near
Landslides triggered by one of the strongest storms in decades have killed at least 15 people in the southern Philippines, as parts of East Asia brace for the approaching storm. Typhoon Bavi, which spans 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) at its widest point (about the width of France), is crossing the Pacific toward Taiwan. It is
In early July 2026, for the second time in three months, a powerful typhoon crossed the United States Northern Mariana Islands and Guam in the North Pacific Ocean. Super Typhoon Bavi reached its peak intensity as it approached the islands on the night of July 5, bringing winds of 290 kilometers (180 miles) per hour,
On Sunday, heavy rain began to fall in Renhe village in southern China’s Guangxi province. The villagers were used to it. But the rain didn’t stop and suddenly the water rose. In the early hours of Monday, the water had reached their knees. By dawn, the first floor of their houses had completely submerged. “The