Typhoon Bavi struck China’s eastern coast twice late on July 11, bringing winds near 90 miles per hour and torrential rain before its sprawling circulation carried tropical moisture hundreds of miles north.
The storm first made landfall at about 11:20 p.m. local time near Yuhuan, on the Zhejiang coast, according to Zhejiang’s meteorological service. It came ashore with sustained winds of about 89 mph and a central pressure of 955 millibars.
About 40 minutes later, Bavi made a second landfall near Yueqing, farther south along the same coastline, with winds of about 85 mph, the service reported.
Bavi’s center remained far from Beijing and the northern province of Hebei. Its unusually broad circulation, however, continued drawing tropical moisture north, feeding rain systems hundreds of miles from the landfall zone….Â
Typhoon Bavi Slams Eastern China, Fuels Flooding Hundreds of Miles North
