Typhoon Bavi weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday, hours after making landfall in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, but was still bringing days of strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the country.

Typhoon Bavi was first expected to pass north of Taiwan, bringing heavy rains to the island of 23 million people from Friday night into Saturday. | World News

About 100,000 people have been evacuated in Beijing in preparation for heavy rainfall, state media reports