Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in east China's Zhejiang

Typhoon Bavi, the ninth storm of the year, battered the coast of east China’s Zhejiang Province, making two landfalls in quick succession late Saturday and shortly after midnight on Sunday.

At around 23:20 on Saturday, the typhoon made landfall on the coast of Yuhuan, a county-level city administered by Taizhou City, with maximum winds of 40 meters per second near its center and a minimum central pressure of 955 hectopascals.

Shortly afterward, at around 00:00 on Sunday, the typhoon made its second landfall along the coast of Qingjiang Town in Yueqing, a county-level city administered by Wenzhou City. At the time of landfall, maximum winds near its center reached 38 meters per second, and its minimum central pressure was 960 hectopascals.

The typhoon is expected to continue moving northwestward while weakening. It is forecast to bring torrential rains to Zhejiang's coastal regions and its central and southern parts overnight and heavy to torrential rains to its western regions on Sunday.

Zhejiang Province raised its typhoon emergency response to the highest level as of 11:00 Saturday. As of 14:00, Zhejiang had evacuated over 2.21 million residents to safe locations.

Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in east China's Zhejiang

A U.S. military delegation arrived in Lebanon on Saturday and began talks with the Lebanese military on formulating mechanisms for a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from two areas within the "security zone" in southern Lebanon, according to a Lebanese military source.

The source said the talks were aimed at activating the first pilot zone within the broader "security zone." Israeli forces would withdraw from this area to allow Lebanese troops to deploy there. The first zone is set to be activated within days, with planning for additional zones also advancing.

Lebanon has told the U.S. side it will skip the next round of Lebanon-Israel talks in Rome until Israel completes the agreed withdrawal, according to earlier reports.

Israel, the U.S. and Lebanon wrapped up four days of ceasefire and withdrawal talks in Washington D.C. on June 26 and announced a trilateral framework agreement, which includes a pilot program for Israeli forces to pull out of two areas on both sides of the Litani River in southern Lebanon, with the Lebanese army to deploy to these areas under U.S. escort.

U.S., Lebanon discuss Israeli withdrawal from "security zone"