The most powerful typhoon in more than seven decades has battered China’s financial capital, bringing strong winds and torrential rains to the eastern seaboard and disrupting holidaymakers at the start of a days-long national holiday.
Typhoon Bebinka — known as Kanchanaburi in China — across the coast Yangtze According to state media, around 7:30 a.m. local time on Monday, the delta region was expected to bring rain to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces as the storm moved inland and weakened.
Shanghai, a megacity of 25 million people, launched the highest level of emergency response on Sunday, suspending railways and closing ports, bridges and highways. All flights in and out of the city’s two airports were canceled that night, according to the airport operator.
Bebinka is the second storm to hit China in weeks, after Super Typhoon Yagi devastated the southern island of Hainan, causing casualties and widespread damage. The system then moved into northern Vietnam and Thailand, flooding homes and swamping infrastructure.
Hundreds of thousands of people in Shanghai and other coastal cities were evacuated bebinka As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, millions of people’s travel plans have been disrupted. According to state media reports, strong winds of 42 meters per second swept through Shanghai on Monday morning.
Adam Douty, a meteorologist at AccuWeather Inc., said in an interview that the typhoon could push a storm surge of 1 to 2 meters into the Yangtze River, which would have the most serious impact north of the city.
The airport in Hangzhou, home to Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and with a population of about 13 million, canceled more than a hundred flights, according to state media reports. The city is located approximately 175 kilometers (109 miles) southwest of Shanghai.
Typhoon Bebinka had maximum sustained winds of 65 knots (120 kilometers per hour) before making landfall, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. This makes it equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Category 5 hurricane spectrum. According to CCTV, this was the strongest storm to hit Shanghai since 1949.
High-speed rail services in the Yangtze River Delta region have been suspended. Zhoushan, home to some of China’s largest oil storage tanks and refineries, warned people to stay indoors as rain and strong winds began to hit the city on Sunday afternoon.
Typhoon Bebinka — known as Kanchanaburi in China — across the coast Yangtze According to state media, around 7:30 a.m. local time on Monday, the delta region was expected to bring rain to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces as the storm moved inland and weakened.
Shanghai, a megacity of 25 million people, launched the highest level of emergency response on Sunday, suspending railways and closing ports, bridges and highways. All flights in and out of the city’s two airports were canceled that night, according to the airport operator.
Bebinka is the second storm to hit China in weeks, after Super Typhoon Yagi devastated the southern island of Hainan, causing casualties and widespread damage. The system then moved into northern Vietnam and Thailand, flooding homes and swamping infrastructure.
Hundreds of thousands of people in Shanghai and other coastal cities were evacuated bebinka As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, millions of people’s travel plans have been disrupted. According to state media reports, strong winds of 42 meters per second swept through Shanghai on Monday morning.
Adam Douty, a meteorologist at AccuWeather Inc., said in an interview that the typhoon could push a storm surge of 1 to 2 meters into the Yangtze River, which would have the most serious impact north of the city.
The airport in Hangzhou, home to Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and with a population of about 13 million, canceled more than a hundred flights, according to state media reports. The city is located approximately 175 kilometers (109 miles) southwest of Shanghai.
Typhoon Bebinka had maximum sustained winds of 65 knots (120 kilometers per hour) before making landfall, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. This makes it equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Category 5 hurricane spectrum. According to CCTV, this was the strongest storm to hit Shanghai since 1949.
High-speed rail services in the Yangtze River Delta region have been suspended. Zhoushan, home to some of China’s largest oil storage tanks and refineries, warned people to stay indoors as rain and strong winds began to hit the city on Sunday afternoon.
