China evacuates over one million as Typhoon Bavi nears

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China evacuated more than 1.8 million people as Typhoon Bavi approached the eastern city of Wenzhou. The typhoon caused heavy rain and strong winds, impacting areas in Japan and Taiwan before moving toward mainland China.

WENZHOU, China, July 11 - China evacuated more than 1.8 million people on Saturday as Typhoon Bavi churned toward the major eastern city of Wenzhou after pummelling Japan's southern Sakishima island chain with heavy rain and violent winds and brushing past northern Taiwan.