Typhoon Bavi: travel chaos continues in eastern China but alerts lowered further south
Storm starts to weaken and head north after 2.4 million people evacuated and flights and trains cancelled in major cities such as Shanghai
More than 2,800 flights were likely to be cancelled by Chinese airlines as of 8pm on Saturday, the state news agency Xinhua reported.
Shanghai’s Pudong and Hongqiao airports were set to cancel over 650 flights, about 30 per cent of their capacity, the local airport authorities said.
Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport also cancelled 296 flights on Sunday but planned to resume flights after noon as Bavi’s influence weakened.
Two of the four main stations in the city – the southern and western stations – cancelled all trains for the day, while some other services were also suspended.
Spanning 1,000km (600 miles) at its widest point – roughly the width of mainland France – Typhoon Bavi first came ashore in the coastal city of Taizhou, Zhejiang at 11.12pm before making a second landfall in Wenzhou city around midnight, with maximum sustained winds near its centre of around 108–117km/h (67-72mph).