On Monday morning local time, there were wind gusts of up to 151 kilometers per hour along the coast, according to the Chinese authorities. This is the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit the giant Chinese city since 1949. The typhoon is expected to produce winds of up to 42 meters per second, and over 250 millimeters of rainfall has been forecast along parts of China’s east coast in one day. Typhoon “Bebinca” has hit Shanghai. Video: AP The port city’s 25 million inhabitants have been asked to stay inside because of the storm. People battle strong winds and rain on the streets of Shanghai. Photo: Hector Retamal / AFP Putting planes on the ground This despite the fact that it is a category 1 typhoon, i.e. the lowest typhoon category. Still, Shanghai is taking no chances. Your browser does not support the embedding of external content Shanghai is rarely hit by strong typhoons. The city is now expected to be hit by torrential rain and strong gusts of wind. A flood warning has been issued for Shanghai and the provinces surrounding the city, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui. On Sunday evening, all departures from Shanghai’s two airports were cancelled. The same has happened with several train departures. The police have closed a street in Shanghai. Photo: Chinatopix / AP Several hundred dead in South-East Asia While Shanghai prepares for the storm, the countries in South-East Asia are characterized by enormous destruction after typhoon “Yagi”, which hit southern China on 6 September. The next day it swept across Vietnam and hit Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar. “Yagi” was a category 4 typhoon when it hit China with winds of over 60 meters per second. By the time it hit northern Vietnam, it had been downgraded to a Category 3 typhoon, before gradually weakening in strength. It is the strongest typhoon to hit Asia so far this year. In Myanmar, which has been characterized by widespread unrest and conflict since the military coup in 2021, more than 300,000 people had to flee their homes. – 113 people have died. 64 are missing and 14 are injured, said government spokesman Zaw Min Tun, AFP reported. In Vietnam, around 200 people lost their lives as a result of the storm. People row between flooded houses in Myanmar’s capital Naypyitaw on Sunday. Photo: Aung Shine Oo / AP Interested in abroad? Listen to the foreign affairs editor’s podcast: Published 16.09.2024, at 00.03 Updated 16.09.2024, at 08.59
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