Typhoon Bavi was downgraded to a severe tropical storm Sunday after making landfall in eastern China, where authorities had evacuated nearly 2 million people in its path.

Although the major terminals are up and running, logistics providers warn it does not mean that vessel schedules have immediately normalized.

A police officer and an auxiliary police officer push an electric three-wheeler that had stalled in the rain to a safe area on Monday in Wuhu, Anhui province, where roads were waterlogged due to Typhoon Bavi.

Authorities across eastern China have stepped up their emergency preparations and cancelled hundreds of flights as Typhoon Bavi, the ninth storm of the season, intensified overnight and barrelled towards the coast on Saturday.

Every pile of debris or patch of standing water could conceal another danger.

Villagers whose families have been stranded told the BBC they are struggling to get food and help.