Weather & Science
Shanghai Slammed by Strongest Typhoon to Hit City Since 1949
- City suspended railways, closed ports and highways on Sunday
- Bebinca strikes China just a few weeks after Typhoon Yagi
Pedestrians struggle with their umbrellas during Typhoon Bebinca in Shanghai on Sept. 16.
Photographer: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images
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The strongest typhoon in more than seven decades has struck China’s financial hub, leading to widespread flight cancellations 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 on Monday morning, and is expected to dump heavy rain across Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces as it tracks inland and weakens, according to reports from state media.