Japan's southwestern islands on high alert as powerful Typhoon Bavi approaches

Powerful Typhoon Bavi is closing in on Japan’s Sakishima Islands (Ishigaki), with residents boarding windows, stocking supplies and preparing for strong winds and flooding.
Major travel disruption across the region — hundreds of flights cancelled, ferries and services suspended, and tourists stuck on islands.
Heavy rain and evacuations in Taiwan and the Philippines (a deadly landslide reported in Mindanao); eastern China is also bracing for Bavi later in the weekend.