Typhoon Bavi weakened Sunday to a tropical storm but was still bringing strong winds and heavy rain to parts of China.

Typhoon Bavi weakened as it moved off the Philippines but was expected to bring heavy rain to Taiwan and Japan before it makes landfall in China.

Bavi has forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in China, knocked out power in Japan and Taiwan, and triggered deadly landslides in the Philippines.

Typhoon Bavi made landfall in China's eastern Zhejiang province late on Saturday, prompting massive evacuations and widespread disruptions after lashing Japan's southern islands…