Shanghai, China’s economic capital, was hit Monday morning by Typhoon Bebinca, the strongest to make landfall there since 1949, with strong winds and torrential rains causing flights to be cancelled and residents to be evacuated.
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First passed through the JapanTyphoon Bebinca made landfall in Shanghai at around 7:30 a.m. local time. The maximum wind speed near the center of the typhoon was 42 meters per second at the time of landfall. “, which makes it ” Strongest typhoon to make landfall in Shanghai since 1949 “, according to Chinese television, specifying that it thus surpasses that of that year, Typhoon Gloria.
Highways were closed, all flights were cancelled at Shanghai’s two main airports and residents of the east coast, one of the country’s most populated areas, were evacuated, city authorities said.
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With the typhoon’s arrival coinciding with the Mid-Autumn Festival, a public holiday in the country, the railway operator expected passengers to make 74 million trips during the holiday, the official news agency reported Saturday. New China.
The meteorological service issued orange typhoon warnings Sunday — the second highest level in a four-tier system — for several districts in Shanghai and some areas in neighboring provinces.
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