Typhoon Bavi Churns Towards Taiwan
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Taiwan halted trading on its stock exchange and closed schools on Friday as Typhoon Bavi approaches with the storm’s gigantic size expected to dump heavy rain over a vast area.
After devastating the Northern Mariana Island of Rota and causing damage in Guam, Super Typhoon Bavi is setting its sights on Taiwan.
Super Typhoon Bavi battered Guam and the Northern Marianas before tracking toward Taiwan and China with major wind, flood, and surge risks.
Taiwan's weather forecaster warned on Thursday of "destructive" winds as the biggest typhoon in years swept toward the island after pounding U.S. Pacific territories.
Bavi is set to be the largest storm by size to hit Taiwan since 1987. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Concern is also growing in Japan, where the powerful system could skirt past or directly hit later this week.
