China: East China coastal provinces brace for Typhoon Bavi.

Shotlist Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, east China - July 8, 2026 1. Various of ships in Yangtze River 2. Maritime officers in meeting 3. Various of maritime officers carrying out mission 4. Various of ships at dock, crew members working 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhu Dengxuan, deputy director, Longtan Maritime Safety Administration (ending with shots 6-7): "We have reinforced all berthed ships, including seagoing vessels, small bulk carriers and inland waterway vessels. And all key emergency standby forces within our jurisdiction have been deployed to designated locations." 6. Maritime officers working in office 7. Ships in Yangtze River Fuding County-level City, Ningde City, Fujian Province, east China - July 8, 2026 8. Various of fishing boats sailing at sea, docked at sheltered anchorage 9. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Chen Bin, Party secretary, Kewan Village (ending with shot 10): "Our typhoon anchorage can accommodate about 220 boats. It has been gradually packed with ships from Zhejiang and Fuding over the past three days. As soon as a ship arrives, we would persuade the crew to go ashore." 10. Various of fishing boats docked at sheltered anchorage Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, east China - July 8, 2026 11. Ferries at dock 12. Various of passengers boarding ferries 13. Various of ferries departing, sailing at sea Storyline China's eastern coastal provinces have intensified emergency preparations for Typhoon Bavi, the ninth of the year, as it approaches the country. Super Typhoon Bavi was centered over waters about 1,210 kilometers southeast of Keelung, China's Taiwan, at 5:00 on Thursday. The typhoon is forecast to move westward before turning northwestward at around 15 to 20 kilometers per hour and could make landfall along the coast between Fuqing in Fujian Province and Wenling in Zhejiang Province on Saturday night as a strong typhoon or a typhoon. After making landfall, the typhoon will move northwestward and gradually weaken. China's meteorological authority issued an orange alert for typhoon on Thursday morning, which is the second highest level in the country's four-tier color-coded weather warning system. The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Wednesday activated a Level IV emergency response for flood control and typhoon prevention in the provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian, the Ministry of Emergency Management said. The headquarters will upgrade or adjust the emergency response in accordance with the development of the typhoon, the ministry said. Both Fujian and Zhejiang activated Level IV emergency responses for typhoon prevention on Thursday morning. The Nanjing section of the Yangtze River in east China's Jiangsu Province also activated a Level IV emergency response on Wednesday, urging ships and docks to take measures to prevent losses from Bavi. According to local maritime authorities, the Yangtze River is currently in its main flood season, with the water level reaching 8.06 meters at the Nanjing tide station during high tide times, which is 14 percent higher than that in the same period last year. Moreover, the main waterway has a flow rate approaching 52,000 cubic meters per second, posing risks to water traffic. As the typhoon is expected to bring winds and rains to the region and make the river even more swollen, the Nanjing Maritime Safety Administration has intensified ship control, grasped trajectories of ships carrying hazardous chemicals and cargo containers, and guided ships entering the river from the sea to adjust their navigation plans and take shelter in the closest safe areas. "We have reinforced all berthed ship, including seagoing vessels, small bulk carriers and inland waterway vessels. And all key emergency standby forces within our jurisdiction have been deployed to designated locations," said Zhu Dengxuan, deputy director of the Longtan Maritime Safety Administration in Nanjing. In Fujian, strong winds and rough seas triggered by Bavi disrupted coastal transportation on Wednesday, prompting maritime authorities to suspend passenger ferry services and strengthen emergency preparedness. By the end of Wednesday, eight coastal passenger ferry routes and 22 passenger ferries had been suspended, according to the Fujian maritime bureau. Authorities also ordered all 110 marine construction projects underway along the coast to halt operations. The Fujian maritime bureau has activated a Level III emergency response for typhoons, carrying out safety inspections and continuing to issue warnings to shipping companies, marine construction operators and vessels in port. In the northeastern city of Fuding, a sheltered anchorage is serving as a safe haven for more than 200 fishing boats. "Our typhoon anchorage can accommodate about 220 boats. It has been gradually packed with ships from Zhejiang and Fuding over the past three days. As soon as a ship arrives, we would persuade the crew to go ashore," sa