A drone photo taken on July 12, 2026 shows cargo ships anchoring at a harbor to avoid the typhoon in Changzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province. Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, landed on the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province at around 11:20 p.m. Saturday, according to the Zhejiang provincial meteorological observatory. The typhoon, with the maximum wind force at its center reaching 40 meters per second when landing, first churned ashore at Yuhuan City, a county-level city administered by the city of Taizhou, before making a second landfall in Yueqing City under the city of Wenzhou at around midnight. After landfall, the typhoon is expected to continue moving northwestward while weakening. (Photo by Chen Wei/Xinhua)
BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities have stepped up flood control and disaster relief efforts as Typhoon Bavi continued to affect large parts of the country on Sunday.
Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, made successive landfalls along the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province late Saturday before moving inland. It is expected to move northwest while gradually weakening.
From Sunday to Tuesday, heavy to torrential rain is expected to lash a swath of China, including Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces, as well as parts of Liaoning and Jilin provinces.
The Ministry of Water Resources on Sunday upgraded its flood alert to yellow, the third-highest level in China's four-tier weather warning system, saying that heavy rainfall could trigger flooding in some rivers, mountain torrents and urban waterlogging.
Central authorities have dispatched 70,000 items of disaster relief supplies to Zhejiang, Tianjin and Anhui to support the relocation and resettlement of affected residents, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM).
The items, including folding beds, blankets, summer quilts and family emergency kits, were jointly allocated by the office of the national commission for disaster prevention, reduction and relief, the MEM, and the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration. ■
Workers clear a destroyed building blown down by strong winds beside a highway from Wenling to Yuhuan in east China's Zhejiang Province, July 12, 2026.
Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, landed on the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province at around 11:20 p.m. Saturday, according to the Zhejiang provincial meteorological observatory.
The typhoon, with the maximum wind force at its center reaching 40 meters per second when landing, first churned ashore at Yuhuan City, a county-level city administered by the city of Taizhou, before making a second landfall in Yueqing City under the city of Wenzhou at around midnight.
After landfall, the typhoon is expected to continue moving northwestward while weakening. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Emergency workers remove an iron signboard frame blown down by strong winds in Yuhuan of Taizhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 12, 2026.
Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, landed on the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province at around 11:20 p.m. Saturday, according to the Zhejiang provincial meteorological observatory.
The typhoon, with the maximum wind force at its center reaching 40 meters per second when landing, first churned ashore at Yuhuan City, a county-level city administered by the city of Taizhou, before making a second landfall in Yueqing City under the city of Wenzhou at around midnight.
After landfall, the typhoon is expected to continue moving northwestward while weakening. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Soldiers clear branches blown down by strong winds at a community in Yuhuan of Taizhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 12, 2026.
Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, landed on the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province at around 11:20 p.m. Saturday, according to the Zhejiang provincial meteorological observatory.
The typhoon, with the maximum wind force at its center reaching 40 meters per second when landing, first churned ashore at Yuhuan City, a county-level city administered by the city of Taizhou, before making a second landfall in Yueqing City under the city of Wenzhou at around midnight.
After landfall, the typhoon is expected to continue moving northwestward while weakening. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Workers clear trees blown down by strong winds on a road in Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 12, 2026.
Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, landed on the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province at around 11:20 p.m. Saturday, according to the Zhejiang provincial meteorological observatory.
The typhoon, with the maximum wind force at its center reaching 40 meters per second when landing, first churned ashore at Yuhuan City, a county-level city administered by the city of Taizhou, before making a second landfall in Yueqing City under the city of Wenzhou at around midnight.
After landfall, the typhoon is expected to continue moving northwestward while weakening. (Photo by Wang Jiankang/Xinhua)
Steel frames are installed along a road where guardrails were blown down by strong winds in Yuhuan of Taizhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 12, 2026.
Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, landed on the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province at around 11:20 p.m. Saturday, according to the Zhejiang provincial meteorological observatory.
The typhoon, with the maximum wind force at its center reaching 40 meters per second when landing, first churned ashore at Yuhuan City, a county-level city administered by the city of Taizhou, before making a second landfall in Yueqing City under the city of Wenzhou at around midnight.
After landfall, the typhoon is expected to continue moving northwestward while weakening. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Staff members check the operation of equipment of a sluice gate in Yancheng City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 12, 2026.
Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, landed on the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province at around 11:20 p.m. Saturday, according to the Zhejiang provincial meteorological observatory.
The typhoon, with the maximum wind force at its center reaching 40 meters per second when landing, first churned ashore at Yuhuan City, a county-level city administered by the city of Taizhou, before making a second landfall in Yueqing City under the city of Wenzhou at around midnight.
After landfall, the typhoon is expected to continue moving northwestward while weakening. (Photo by Peng Ling/Xinhua)
Staff members clear signboards destroyed by strong winds at a shopping mall in Yueqing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 12, 2026.
Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, landed on the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province at around 11:20 p.m. Saturday, according to the Zhejiang provincial meteorological observatory.
The typhoon, with the maximum wind force at its center reaching 40 meters per second when landing, first churned ashore at Yuhuan City, a county-level city administered by the city of Taizhou, before making a second landfall in Yueqing City under the city of Wenzhou at around midnight.
After landfall, the typhoon is expected to continue moving northwestward while weakening. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)
A staff member drives an excavator to clear a road blocked by small-scale landslides in a village in Qiangtian County, Lishui City, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 12, 2026. Chinese authorities have stepped up flood control and disaster relief efforts as Typhoon Bavi continued to affect large parts of the country on Sunday.
Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, made successive landfalls along the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province late Saturday before moving inland. It is expected to move northwest while gradually weakening. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)
A staff member drives an excavator to clear a road blocked by small-scale landslides in a village in Qiangtian County, Lishui City, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 12, 2026. Chinese authorities have stepped up flood control and disaster relief efforts as Typhoon Bavi continued to affect large parts of the country on Sunday.
Typhoon Bavi, the ninth typhoon of the year, made successive landfalls along the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province late Saturday before moving inland. It is expected to move northwest while gradually weakening. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)
