Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in east China with more than one million evacuated

Typhoon Bavi has made landfall in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang.

The typhoon is expected to gradually weaken, state media reported.

Bavi previously brought strong winds and rain to Japan’s southern islands and Taiwan. It was the second typhoon in a week to impact China in just over a week.

The first, Maysak, made landfall in southern China last weekend.

Chinese authorities evacuated more than 1.7 million people on Saturday and issued high alerts as eastern China braced for Bavi, which had maximum sustained winds of 89mph near its centre.

Bavi is expected to move north-westward inland after making landfall, with its intensity gradually weakening.