Northern China braces for heavy rains as Bavi nears

BEIJING, July 10 (Reuters) - ‌Localities across ​northern ​China are bracing for heavy rains, shutting parks and lowering water levels in reservoirs, as ‌the powerful Typhoon Bavi continued to send moisture ⁠northward.

• Bavi, which is forecast to make landfall around the ‌eastern Chinese city of ‌Wenzhou late on Saturday or early Sunday, is shaping up to be one of the strongest typhoons ​to affect the country in years.

• The typhoon is bringing heavy downpours on Friday and over ⁠the weekend to regions beyond the expected landfall zone, putting northern provinces and ​regions including Hebei, Beijing, Shaanxi and Liaoning on alerts for rainfall and flooding.

• In ​the capital Beijing, close to 100,000 ‌people had been evacuated as of Friday afternoon in preparation for heavy rainfall, state ⁠media reported.

• Fushun, a city in northeastern China, asked local education departments to ensure that all tutoring institutions remain ⁠closed on Saturday.

• In regions including Beijing, Hebei and Inner Mongolia, ​public venues, parks and other outdoor tourist sites announced closures on Friday, citing risks from extreme weather.

• Water discharge from ‌Beijing's Miyun Reservoir has been bumped up to 205 cubic metres per second from ‌around 135 cubic metres per second since Thursday morning ⁠to free up more ‌space for flood ​control, local media reported on Friday.

(Reporting by Yukun Zhang and Ryan Woo; Editing by Timothy ‌Heritage)

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