Typhoon Bavi approaches Guam, Rota and East Asia
Super Typhoon Bavi was near Guam on Sunday, July 5, 2026, prompting shelter advisories and forecasts of severe impacts across U.S. territories and parts of East Asia.
Typhoon Bavi was near Guam on Sunday, July 5, 2026, and residents of Guam and surrounding U.S. island territories were urged to take shelter as Super Typhoon Bavi was expected to make landland early Monday, according to gdelt.
The cyclone was forecast to strike Rota early Monday morning local time; Rota was experiencing catastrophic wind and an extreme wind warning was in effect, and the storm was forecast to be a category‑five super typhoon with winds that could reach 180 miles (290 km) per hour, gdelt reported.
Typhoon Bavi had nearly 200 km/h winds as it approached Taiwan, and authorities in Taiwan, China and Japan warned residents to prepare for dangerous winds, flooding and potential catastrophic damage, straitstimes.com reported.
The storm was also forecast to hit China’s Fujian province on July 11, and it was described as the largest storm since 1987, straitstimes.com added.
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