Shanghai, a mega city of 25 million people, initiated a top-level emergency response on Sunday, suspending railways, closing ports, bridges and highways. All flights in and out of the city’s two airports were canceled in the evening, according to the airport operator.
The biggest typhoon in more than seven decades has hit China’s financial capital, bringing gale-force winds and heavy rain to the eastern seaboard and disrupting holidaymakers at the start of a days-long national festival.
Typhoon Bebinca — known as Beibijia in China — crossed the coast in the Yangtze River Delta region at around 7.30am local time on Monday, according to reports in state media. The storm is expected to dump rain across a wide region, from Ningbo in Zhejiang to Shanghai and Qidong in Jiangsu.
