New Delhi, July 11 -- BEIJING - Typhoon Bavi regained severe typhoon strength at midnight Friday and was tracking northwest toward China's southeastern coast, with landfall forecast between the cities of Fuqing in Fujian Province and Wenling in Zhejiang Province on Saturday evening. Flights and trains from coastal cities were cancelled as emergency response agencies activated mass evacuation protocols across the two provinces.

Wind speeds of up to 45 metres per second accompanied the storm as it moved at approximately 35 kilometres per hour. The National Meteorological Centre placed the storm's centre roughly 540 kilometres from the Fujian-Zhejiang border as of Friday morning, with the system expected to turn north-northwestward and grad...