China evacuated more than 1.8 million people on Saturday as Typhoon Bavi churned toward the major eastern city of Wenzhou after pummelling Japan's southern Sakishima island chain with heavy rain and violent winds and brushing past northern Taiwan.

Experts warn the change has dissipated Bavi’s energy from the core to its overall cloud structure, making it potentially more dangerous.

Super Typhoon Bavi is barreling towards Japan and mainland China, after crossing the Northern Mariana Islands with maximum winds of 285 km/h, mass evacuations and travel…