WENZHOU, China: Emergency crews across China's east coast cleared roads strewn with fallen trees on Sunday after Typhoon Bavi — the strongest storm to hit the country this year — swept ashore, triggering flooding and landslides after forcing nearly two million people to evacuate. Bavi weakened to a tropical storm after moving inland, but forecasters warned the sprawling weather system could continue to bring prolonged and widespread heavy rain across eastern and northern China. The storm first made landfall in the coastal city of Yuhuan in Zhejiang province at about 11:20 p.m.

Two landslides triggered by heavy rains driven have killed 17 people in the Philippines.

According to the National Meteorological Centre, Bavi regained strength as a severe typhoon at midnight.