Darilaut – Typhoon Bavi makes landfall on the Yuhuan coast of East China’s Zhejiang Province at midnight on Saturday (July 11).
Bavi weakened from a severe typhoon to a typhoon yesterday and made landfall in Yuhuan, Zhejiang, that evening, according to the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO).
As of 11:00 p.m. Saturday, Bavi was centered about 60 kilometers east of Wenzhou.
After landfall, the system moved northwestward at about 30 kilometers per hour across Zhejiang.
As of 5:00 a.m. Sunday local time, Bavi was centered about 120 kilometers south of Hangzhou, according to the HKO.
The system is expected to move northwestward at about 22 kilometers per hour across eastern China and gradually weaken.
Before landfall, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said the system was packing maximum sustained winds around the center of 35 meters per second (70 knots) and maximum instantaneous sustained winds of 50 meters per second (100 knots).
The storm had sustained winds of 50 knots or more to the east 440 km (240 NM) and to the west 165 km (90 NM).
Strong winds of 30 knots or more to the southeast 750 km (400 NM) and northwest 650 km (350 NM), the JMA said.
Bavi, a strong typhoon, was moving northwestward at 25 km per hour (14 knots).
The barometric pressure at its center was 955 hPa (hectopascals), according to the JMA.
