BEIJING: More than 900,000 people have fled their homes in China, officials said, as an approaching typhoon lashed northern Taiwan and Japan’s remote southwestern islands on Saturday, toppling trees and leaving tens of thousands without power. Typhoon Bavi is expected to make landfall in China early on Sunday, with a total of more than 900,000 people evacuated from their homes in the capital Beijing and the eastern metropolis of Wenzhou, city governments said.

Hundreds of people in Taiwan have been evacuated from their homes, and many schools and offices closed, as the biggest typhoon in decades sweeps towards the region on Friday.

Typhoon Bavi targets China, prompting school closures in Taipei and evacuations as over 17,000 residents are moved to safety.