Chinese evacuates more than 1 million as Typhoon Bavi makes landfall
Typhoon Bavi made landfall in China's Zhejiang province, prompting the evacuation of over 1.7 million residents. The storm, which previously impacted Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines, is expected to weaken as it moves inland.
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BEIJING (AP) — Typhoon Bavi made landfall in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang late on Saturday night and was expected to gradually weaken, according to China’s national weather center.
Bavi previously brought strong winds and rain to Japan’s southern islands and Taiwan . It was the second typhoon to impact China in just over a week’s time. The first, Maysak, made landfall in southern China on July 3.
Chinese authorities have evacuated more than 1.7 million people as of Saturday and issued high alerts while eastern China braced for Bavi, which had maximum sustained winds of 144 kph (89 mph) near its center.
After passing north of Taiwan on Saturday and making landfall in the coastal city of Yuhuan in Zhejiang, Bavi is expected to move northwestward inland, the National Meteorological Center said.
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