# Typhoon Bavi lashes Japan's Ryukyu islands and China evacuates 600,000 in Zhejiang and Fujian as system tracks northeast > Typhoon Bavi struck Japan's southern Ryukyu island chain on July 11 while Chinese authorities evacuated more than 600,000 people from coastal Zhejiang and Fujian provinces; the system, which had already caused significant impacts in the Philippines and Taiwan earlier in the week, expanded in cloud coverage after weakening and is forecast to continue tracking toward northeastern China **Meta:** type: event · date: 2026-07-11 · heads: كيف تتغيّر الحياة · 4 takes · 4 lenses · 4 regions ## Summary [Typhoon Bavi](/ar/n/typhoon-bavi-taiwan-jul9), which made landfall in Taiwan on July 9 and [battered China's coast on July 10](/ar/n/typhoon-bavi-china-0710), struck [Japan](/ar/entity/japan)'s Ryukyu island chain, including Okinawa, on July 11. [China](/ar/entity/china) simultaneously evacuated more than 600,000 people from Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, with Zhejiang accounting for over 500,000 evacuations, according to Chinese state media cited by the Japan Times. The system's eye dissipated as it tracked northeast, but South China Morning Post experts warned the structural change expanded the typhoon's overall cloud coverage and spread its dangerous wind and rain field. Flights were disrupted across the region. [Typhoon Bavi](/ar/n/pacific-typhoons-dossier) has caused cascading impact across the Philippines, Taiwan, and China over the previous 48 hours. ## The split Japan Times and SCMP cover the storm's track and evacuation scale with distinct geographic frames: Japan Times leads with the Ryukyu island impact and China's mass evacuation numbers; SCMP focuses on the typhoon's structural change after losing its eye and the implications for wider damage distribution. Taipei Times adds the Taiwan-side perspective as the storm passed through. The 600,000 evacuation figure comes from Chinese state media via Japan Times and has not been independently verified. ## By the numbers - 600,000+, people evacuated across Zhejiang and Fujian provinces in China by July 11. - 500,000+, evacuated in Zhejiang alone, per Chinese state media cited by Japan Times. - 100,000+, evacuated in neighbouring Fujian. - 1,263 times the size of Hong Kong, the expanded cloud coverage of the typhoon after it lost its eye structure, per SCMP. ## Why it matters [Typhoon Bavi](/ar/n/typhoon-bavi-philippines-jul10) is one of the larger typhoon systems to track through the western Pacific this season. The mass evacuations in eastern [China](/ar/entity/china) and the system's impact on [Japan](/ar/entity/japan)'s Ryukyu chain affect shipping lanes, aviation routes, and coastal communities across one of the world's most densely populated maritime corridors. The East China Sea and Taiwan Strait, which Bavi is crossing, are critical to regional trade. ## What to watch - Track and intensity updates as Bavi continues toward northeastern China. - Casualty and damage reports from Japan's Ryukyu islands and China's Zhejiang and Fujian coasts. - Resumption of flights disrupted across the region. - Whether the expanded storm structure produces more widespread rainfall damage than a compact eye would have. ## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens) ### Japan's leading English-language daily; confirms Ryukyu island impact and China's mass evacuation - **The Japan Times** (Japan, en) — The Japan Times reports that Typhoon Bavi was lashing Japan's southern Ryukyu islands on July 11 while Chinese state media reported more than 500,000 evacuations in Zhejiang province and more than 100,000 in neighbouring Fujian. The paper notes the typhoon's track toward the Chinese coast. > "Chinese state media said more than half a million people had been evacuated in Zhejiang province and more than 100,000 in neighboring Fujian province." Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/11/asia-pacific/taiwan-typhoon-bavi/ ### Hong Kong English-language daily; covers typhoon's structural changes and China coastal disruption - **South China Morning Post** (Hong Kong, en) — SCMP reports that as Typhoon Bavi continued toward China's coast, its eye disappeared but the system expanded to 1,263 times the size of Hong Kong. Experts warned that the structural change dissipated Bavi's energy from the core to its overall cloud structure, making it potentially more dangerous in terms of wind and rainfall spread. Flights were disrupted across the region. > "Experts warn the change has dissipated Bavi's energy from the core to its overall cloud structure, making it potentially more dangerous." Source: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3360056/flights-disrupted-ex-super-typhoon-bavi-continues-towards-chinas-coast ### Taiwan's main English-language daily; reports on storm brunt expected to hit Taiwan on July 11 - **Taipei Times** (Taiwan, en) — The Taipei Times reports that the brunt of Bavi's storm was expected to hit Taiwan on July 11 as the typhoon system tracked toward China's coast. The paper covers the Taiwan authorities' preparations and warnings for the storm's passage. > "Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan" Source: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2026/07/11/2003860564 ### unlabelled - **Bloomberg** (United States, en) — Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-11/typhoon-bavi-tracks-toward-china-with-heavy-widespread-rains ## Across the graph - Related: [[typhoon-bavi-taiwan-jul9]], [[typhoon-bavi-china-0710]], [[typhoon-bavi-philippines-jul10]], [[pacific-typhoons-dossier]] - Entities: Japan, China, Taiwan --- Canonical: https://rbtfl.xyz/ar/n/typhoon-bavi-japan-china-jul11