Shenyang's subway network was partially shut down Tuesday. 360,000 people have been evacuated across Liaoning province, according to a report by the South China Morning Post four hours ago. Eleven of 12 reservoirs in Daoerdeng township, Lingyuan city, Chaoyang, are operating above flood control limits, provincial authorities confirmed.
The evacuation figure marks a sharp jump from roughly 260,000 reported earlier. Liaoning's provincial flood control headquarters confirmed 171,412 people relocated as of 06:00 Monday, July 13 — a figure since superseded by the newer SCMP count. Typhoon Bavi made landfall twice in Zhejiang on the night of July 11, after which it was downgraded to a severe tropical storm and forecast to move northeast.
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As of 09:00 Beijing time July 14, Bavi's center sat over Haiyang city, Yantai, Shandong province, according to the National Meteorological Center. Maximum sustained winds measured 18 m/s with central pressure at 992 hPa. The NMC has four concurrent warnings active: orange for rainstorms, blue for typhoon conditions, plus strong wind and geological hazard alerts.
Shenyang recorded 223.8mm of rainfall as of 15:00 July 13, breaking a record set in 1973. Chengdonghu subdistrict in Yuhong district recorded 310.6mm. Thirteen weather stations in Shenyang logged what China's meteorological classification terms "extraordinary rainstorm" levels. Shenyang suspended all schools, construction work and outdoor activities, while the subway network was partially shut down and non-essential travel halted as of Tuesday, July 14. Ninety-four tourist sites are confirmed closed. The Hunhe River at the Shenyang hydrological station reached 39.08m at 16:00 July 13, above the orange warning threshold and still rising. China's emergency response infrastructure has been tested repeatedly in 2026, from January's mine collapse to this summer's expanding storm season.
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Bavi is forecast to cross the Shandong Peninsula midday, move through the Bohai Strait and northern Yellow Sea, then cross the Korean Peninsula tonight before transitioning to an extratropical cyclone. Remnants are forecast to reach Vladivostok in Russia's Far East by early July 15. China's Ministry of Water Resources reports 46 rivers nationwide exceeding warning levels. The storm's northeast track means this event is no longer confined to Chinese territory.
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