Shanghai, Typhoon Pulasan
Typhoon Bebinca Makes Landfall in Shanghai, Largest to Hit City in 75 Years
Beijing: Bebinca, the strongest typhoon to have hit China’s Shanghai city in 75 years packing wind speed of 42 meters, made landfall on Monday bringing the megacity of 25 million to a grinding halt. The typhoon,
Typhoon Bebinca lashes Shanghai in strongest storm to hit city since 1949
Packing top wind speeds of 151 kph (94 mph) near its eye, Bebinca landed in the city of nearly 25 million around 7:30 a.m. (2330 GMT), state media reported, the strongest storm to strike Shanghai since Typhoon Gloria in 1949.
Tropical Storm Pulasan Nears Shanghai, Days After Typhoon Hit City
Pulasan was expected to make landfall near the Chinese financial hub by Friday morning. Forecasters warned of potential floods and landslides.
Typhoon Pulasan floods Shanghai
Typhoon Pulasan made landfall Thursday night in the city's Fengxian district, with a maximum wind speed of 83 kph, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. The storm "is forecast to gradually weaken as it moves inland,
Shanghai braces for direct hit from Typhoon Bebinca
The strongest storm to make landfall in Shanghai in recent decades was Typhoon Gloria in 1949, which tore through the city with gusts of 144 kph. Shanghai was last threatened by a direct hit in 2022 by the powerful Typhoon Muifa, which instead landed 300 km away in the city of Zhoushan, in Zhejiang province.
China's Shanghai hit by second major typhoon in a week
More than a hundred thousand people were evacuated from Shanghai as Typhoon Pulasan brought heavy rains that broke local records in parts of the Chinese megacity.
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