Typhoon Bavi battered Taiwan on Saturday, disrupting hundreds of flights and ferry services, injuring 36 people and forcing more than 14,000 people to evacuate while leaving over 150,000 households without power.
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport cancelled 913 flights over two days, including 760 on Saturday. Airlines were expected to gradually resume services after 4am on Sunday as the typhoon moved away.
The cancelled services included flights to Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Shenzhen, Bangkok, Osaka, Ho Chi Minh City, San Francisco, Vancouver, Milan, Paris, Los Angeles and Amsterdam.
Ferry services were also hit, with 116 sailings on 13 routes suspended on Saturday. Maritime authorities urged people to avoid travelling to Taiwan’s outlying islands in case they became stranded.
Taiwan’s weather authorities said the greatest threat would last until Saturday evening as the centre of the typhoon passed closest to the island and brought the strongest winds and heaviest rainfall.
The sea and land warnings could be lifted as early as Sunday morning as the storm moved towards the Chinese mainland, the Central Weather Administration said.
Mountainous areas of northern and central Taiwan were warned of torrential rain, while low-lying areas faced a risk from landslides, rockfalls and flash floods.
