Typhoon Bavi was downgraded to a severe tropical storm Sunday after making landfall in eastern China, where authorities had evacuated nearly two million people in its path. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Before reaching China, the storm lashed northern Taiwan and Japan's remote southwestern islands, toppling trees and leaving tens of thousands without power. Extreme weather already wreaked havoc on southern and central China in the past week, with storms leaving at least 39 dead and causing dozens of rivers to overflow and a reservoir to burst. Bavi first made landfall at around 11:20 pm Saturday (1520 GMT) in Zhejiang province, packing winds of 144 kilometres (90 miles) an hour, the state Xinhua news agency said, quoting the provincial meteorological observatory.
China evacuates over one million as Typhoon Bavi nears
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