(Shanghai) Shanghai, the economic capital of China, was hit by the typhoon. BepinkaIt is the strongest to make landfall since 1949, with strong winds and heavy rains forcing flight cancellations and evacuations.
First passing through Japan, the typhoon Bepinka It made landfall in Shanghai at around 7:30 a.m. (7:30 p.m. EST). [heure de l’Est] Sunday).
“The maximum wind speed near the typhoon’s center reached 42 meters per second at landfall,” making it “the strongest typhoon to make landfall in Shanghai since 1949,” according to Chinese state television, which specified that this would surpass that year’s typhoon. Gloria.
City authorities said highways were closed, all flights at Shanghai's two main airports were cancelled, and residents of the east coast, one of the country's most densely populated areas, were evacuated.
With the typhoon's arrival coinciding with the Mid-Autumn Festival, a public holiday in the country, the railway operator expects passengers to make 74 million trips during the holiday, the state railway agency said Saturday.
The Ministry of Disaster Management called on officials to be vigilant, warning of “strong movement” of residents.
The Ministry of Water Resources launched Level IV (lowest) emergency operations on Saturday to cope with flood risks in Shanghai as well as in the eastern provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, according to Xinhua News Agency.
The weather bureau on Sunday issued orange typhoon warnings – the second-highest in a four-level system – for several areas in Shanghai and some areas in neighboring provinces.
People were advised to refrain from gathering in large numbers, bring boats into ports and reinforce structures against strong winds.
Shanghai authorities urged residents to protect themselves as much as possible from the effects of the typhoon “at high altitudes” and in “transportation, infrastructure and agriculture.”
Sea passenger connections have been suspended as of Sunday, according to an official statement from the municipal port posted on social media.
Bepinka The Japan Meteorological Agency said the typhoon had earlier passed over Japan's southern island of Amami overnight Saturday to Sunday, packing winds of up to 198 km/h, and spoke of “a risk of landslides due to heavy rain.”
Friday, still a tropical storm, Bepinka The typhoon affected the Philippines and caused the death of six people due to falling trees.
