Typhoon Bavi forced more than 14,000 people to evacuate their homes in Taiwan, while many stores closed as the storm approached, having earlier swept through Japanese islands.

The coastal city of Keelung experienced strong winds and heavy rain, with streets appearing nearly empty, as it is expected to be among the hardest-hit areas, while power was cut off to more than 27,000 people.

Typhoon Bavi

After being classified as a super typhoon following its extensive destruction in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, Bavi was downgraded to a regular typhoon as its maximum wind speed dropped to 144 kilometers per hour, according to Taiwan's Central Weather Administration.

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Authorities forecast very heavy rain in the northern part of the island and waves reaching about ten meters, warning of the storm's impact. In Japan, the typhoon caused power outages for more than 18,000 homes on Okinawa Island, and dozens of flights were canceled.

Closure of Dozens of Ports

In the Philippines, authorities reported at least 15 deaths from landslides on Mindanao Island, while dozens of ports remain closed across the archipelago. The typhoon is expected to reach China on Sunday morning, amid warnings of exceptionally heavy rain in Zhejiang and Fujian provinces. Chinese authorities have evacuated at least 900,000 people in anticipation of the storm, including about 887,800 people in the eastern city of Wenzhou, while heavy rain prompted the capital Beijing to evacuate more than 100,000 people.