Typhoon Bavi: China braced for second major storm in a week - BBC News

Hundreds of thousands of people are evacuated from eastern Zhejiang province, with the city of Wenzhou close to the path of the storm.

Image source, ReutersImage caption, Japanese islands like Ishigaki have borne the brunt of Typhoon Bavi as it powers through the Pacific

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from areas of eastern China as a powerful typhoon - the country's second in a week - barrels towards the coast.

Typhoon Bavi, which spans 1,000km (620 miles) at its widest point - roughly the width of France - is expected to make landfall near the major city of Wenzhou on Sunday morning.

After pummelling a chain of remote Japanese islands, it brought heavy rainfall to Taiwan as it brushed past its northern tip. Earlier landslides triggered by the storm killed 17 people in the Philippines.

Though it has weakened to a Category 1 typhoon, it still presents a risk because of the huge volume of moisture within its rain bands.