| Category 4 typhoon (SSHS) | |
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| Satellite image taken of Bavi on March 23rd at 2358Z as it approaches the Philippines | |
| Formed | March 17, 2015 |
| Dissipated | April 1, 2015 |
| Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 195 km/h (120 mph) 1-minute sustained: 230 km/h (145 mph) Gusts: 270 km/h (165 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 922 hPa (mbar) |
| Fatalities | 318 confirmed, 74 missing |
| Damage | $500 million (2015 USD) |
| Areas affected | China, Taiwan, The Philippines |
| Part of the 2015 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Bavi, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Chedeng was the first major storm in 2015 to make landfall in the Philippines.