Taiwan, Japan and south-eastern China brace for Typhoon Bavi as landslides kill 15 in Philippines - BBC News

Heading for Taiwan and south-eastern China, the 1,000 km-wide Bavi is forecast to be one of the strongest storms in decades.

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Watch: Typhoon Bavi forecast to bring heavy rain and risk of more landslides

Landslides triggered by one of the strongest storms in decades have killed at least 15 people in the southern Philippines, as parts of East Asia brace themselves for the looming storm.

Typhoon Bavi, which spans 1,000km (620 miles) at its widest point – roughly the width of France - is sweeping across the Pacific towards Taiwan.

It is expected to dump rain on Taiwan's north and east, and on a chain of remote Japanese islands, before making landfall in south-eastern China on Saturday.