Beijing, July 11 -- China on Saturday issued a red alert for rainstorms, the highest level in its four-tier warning system, as Typhoon Bavi is expected to make landfall along the eastern coast in the early hours of Sunday.
The typhoon is forecast to make landfall between Xiapu County in Fujian Province and Wenling City in Zhejiang Province, bringing maximum sustained winds of 38 to 45 meters per second.
The National Meteorological Center warned that heavy to extreme rainfall could affect several regions across the country.
Over the 24-hour period ending at 2 p.m. Sunday, torrential rains are expected in large parts of the country, including Zhejiang, northern Fujian, northeastern Jiangxi, southern Anhui, and parts of Beijing and Hebei, a...