Powerful Typhoon Bavi is moving toward Wenzhou, a major city
in eastern China, after lashing Japan’s southern Sakishima Islands with heavy
rain and strong winds. China has already evacuated more than 600,000 people to
safe shelters to avoid possible damage.
The typhoon is forecast to make landfall in Wenzhou, home to
nearly 10 million people, early Sunday. Although Bavi weakened slightly while
passing north of Taiwan, its massive rainband, roughly the size of France, still
poses a major t...