Typhoon Bavi is dumping torrential rains on northeast China's Liaoning Province as it tracks north, forcing the evacuation of more than 230,000 people across the province.
The ninth typhoon of the year landed on east China's Zhejiang's coast at around 23:20 Saturday. With the maximum wind force at its center reaching 40 meters per second when landing, Bavi first churned ashore at Yuhuan City, before making a second landfall in Yueqing City at around midnight.
China's National Meteorological Center on Monday forecast that Bavi will continue moving northeast at 10-15 kilometers per hour after it weakened to a strong tropical storm on Sunday morning.
Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province, on Monday upgraded its flood emergency response to the highest Level I, suspending schools, construction work and other outdoor activities.
Similar measures were adopted in several other Liaoning cities, including Fushun, Jinzhou, Tieling and Panjin, where schools, businesses and construction sites were suspended.
The Fushun Meteorological Observatory renewed its rainstorm warning to the highest level on Monday morning. The area logged 64 mm average rainfall overnight, with an extra 100 to 200 mm downpour expected through the day.
As of 13:00 Monday, 238,990 people had been relocated across the province as authorities responded to the latest round of heavy rainfall.
Emergency crews stand ready for evacuations and drainage work as flooded roads, swollen rivers and geological disasters loom large.
Residents are being told to stay indoors and avoid riverbanks and low-lying areas.
Northbound Typhoon Bavi forces 230,000 people to evacuate in Liaoning
