Chinese authorities evacuated more than one million people on Saturday and issued high alerts as eastern China braced for Typhoon Bavi, which has brought strong winds and rain to Japan’s southern islands and Taiwan.Earlier, at least 17 people were killed in the southern Philippines, mostly because of landslides that were set off by seasonal monsoon rains that Bavi intensified before the typhoon blew toward Taiwan, Philippine officials said.With maximum sustained winds of 89mph near its centre, Bavi is passing north of Taiwan on Saturday, Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration has said.It is expected to move toward Zhejiang in eastern China and, according to China’s National Meteorological Centre, make landfall before midnight or in the early hours of Sunday and then move inland.The coastal area is cordoned off ahead of Typhoon Bavi’s expected arrival in Shitang town of Wenling city, eastern China’s Zhejiang Province. Photograph: Xu Yu/Xinhua News Agency/AP Authorities in the Zhejiang province have evacuated more than 1.7 million people as of Saturday morning, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Shanghai, also on China’s eastern coast, relocated about 34,000 residents from high-risk areas by Saturday at noon, according to Xinhua.In the city of Ningde in Fujian province, more than 3,700 people were relocated from high-risk onshore areas as of Friday evening, Xinhua said. Authorities in Fujian province have placed more than 17,000 emergency rescue workers on standby.China’s National Meteorological Centre issued an orange typhoon alert, the second-highest on a four-tier level, with many schools and ferry services suspended. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled, and some high-speed railway services halted.The centre on Saturday also issued the first red alert for rainstorms of the year, according to state broadcaster CCTV.[ China’s neighbours display complicated reaction to weepy diaspora film Dear YouOpens in new window ]In the Philippines a landslide set off by monsoon rains that Bavi intensified hit a village before dawn on Friday in the coastal town of Malapatan in southern Sarangani province, killing at least 10 villagers with three others missing.Taiwanese authorities registered at least 87 injuries from Typhoon Bavi. Photograph: Chiang Ying-ying/AP A separate landslide in Calanogas town in southern Lanao del Sur province before dawn on Friday killed five people, with six others missing, he said.Two people drowned in floodwaters on Wednesday in the southern province of Bukidnon. Office of Civil Defence deputy administrator Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro said about 11,000 villagers moved to 77 emergency shelters mostly in southern Philippine provinces in recent days because of the stormy weather.As of Saturday at 8am, Taiwanese authorities registered at least 87 injuries from Typhoon Bavi, some sustained while riding motorcycles in rain and wind on slippery roads.[ Taiwan debates what constitutes independence in wake of Trump visit to ChinaOpens in new window ]More than 14,200 people had also been evacuated around the island, including from the eastern county of Hualien and the central city of Taichung. Schools and offices in most parts of Taiwan were suspended on Saturday.Across Japan’s southern islands in the prefecture of Okinawa, authorities have warned of high waves, strong winds and storm surges, with more than 200 flights cancelled across the region, according to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK. Strong winds and rain have hit islands including Ishigaki.