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Evacuation totals reflect official figures from China Ministry of Emergency Management and WMO records. Typhoon Bavi's evacuation total is reported as "millions" — shown as estimated 1.6M for comparative scale based on early reporting.
Typhoon Bavi represents the first large-scale stress test of China's post-2021 emergency protocols. The combination of millions evacuated and 2-meter floodwaters in some areas will determine whether the infrastructure and coordination investments made since Zhengzhou have translated into measurably reduced casualties and displacement at scale.