Super Typhoon Bavi, one of the most powerful storms in years, is bearing down on Taiwan and China's eastern coast as the country battles some of its worst flooding in recent memory, with 39 people dead in separate weather disasters across multiple provinces.
Bavi, currently measuring nearly 1,000km at its widest point – roughly the width of France – is forecast to skirt northern Taiwan before making landfall in China's eastern Fujian province on Saturday evening, according to China's National Meteorological Centre.
