The storm has been downgraded from the earlier Supertyphoon designation but it still packs a rainy, windy punch.
From Insurance Journal, July 10:
Japan on high alert as typhoon Bavi approaches with torrential rain, violent winds
Typhoon Bavi moved towards Japan's Sakishima Islands, disrupting flights and forcing residents to prepare. Taiwan and eastern China also braced for heavy rain, evacuations and wider travel disruption.
A large and powerful typhoon approached a remote chain of islands in Japan's southwest on Friday, prompting authorities to warn of violent winds, torrential rain, landslides and flooding in what could be the region's most destructive storm in years.
Typhoon Bavi is expected to pass very close to Japan's Sakishima Islands, a remote island chain near Taiwan that is part of Okinawa Prefecture, early on Saturday morning, according to meteorological authorities....
....TSMC 2330.TW, the world's largest contract chipmaker, said it would delay the scheduled release of its June sales data from Friday to Monday....
Previously:
July 5 - 180 MPH Super Typhoon Bavi Appears Headed For Northern Taiwan (TSMC)
