China, Taiwan & Japan Brace Themselves for Possibly Destructive Tropical Storm Bavi Sweeping Towards Region
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The Western Pacific is the world's most active tropical cyclone basin!
More typhoons form here than anywhere on Earth — averaging 25–30 per year. Bavi is the latest threatening China, Taiwan & Japan. Learn more at Weather.gov
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"Bavi" is a Cambodian name for a mountain in Vietnam!
The WMO's typhoon committee assigns storm names submitted by 14 Asian nations. Cambodia contributed "Bavi" — a reference to Ba Vì, a mountain and national park near Hanoi. The W. Pacific basin generates ~30% of all global tropical storms annually.
US sanctions cost Iran over $200B in oil revenue since 2018
When the US reimposed sanctions in 2018, Iran's oil exports collapsed from ~2.5M to under 500K barrels/day. Any new deal could reshape global energy markets. Follow updates at Reuters
Japan's 1959 Typhoon Vera killed 5,098 — its deadliest modern typhoon.
Typhoon Vera (Isewan) struck Japan in September 1959 with winds over 160 mph, devastating Nagoya and Mie Prefecture. It remains Japan's deadliest postwar typhoon and triggered sweeping coastal defense reforms.
