Typhoon Bavi weakens to tropical storm as it slams into eastern China
Storm the size of France expected to bring days of heavy rains and strong winds to eastern and northern provinces.
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Storm the size of France expected to bring days of heavy rains and strong winds to eastern and northern provinces.
Typhoon Bavi weakened to a severe tropical storm on Sunday after making landfall in eastern China, where authorities evacuated nearly two million people and suspended transport as the powerful storm threatened flooding and destructive winds.
More than 14,000 people in Taiwan fled their homes as Typhoon Bavi lashed the island with heavy rain and strong winds on Saturday, after cutting power to thousands in Japan's Okinawa islands as it bore down on eastern China.
There was an island-wide power outage on Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, as the Category 5 storm approached.