TAIPEI, Taiwan — The strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai since at least 1949 battered the financial capital on Monday, flooding roads, breaking tree branches, knocking out power to some homes and injuring at least one person. More than 414,000 people were evacuated ahead of Typhoon Bebinca’s arrival, which brought strong winds and heavy rain. Schools were closed and people were advised to stay indoors.
State media said one elderly man was injured by a falling tree on Shanghai’s Chongming Island and was taken to hospital for treatment.
Typhoon Bebinca made landfall in the sprawling Pudong business district at about 7:30 a.m. with winds of 94 mph near its center. Heavy rains flooded roads across the district, images shown by state media. Elsewhere in Shanghai, uprooted trees and fallen branches covered roads and sidewalks.
As the storm weakened, rescue workers removed branches and other objects blown away by the storm.
More than 60,000 emergency responders and firefighters were deployed in Shanghai to help with rescue efforts.
Officials said strong winds uprooted or damaged more than 10,000 trees, knocked out power to at least 380 homes and damaged four houses.
At least 132 acres of farmland were flooded.
The typhoon weakened as it moved inland, flooding parts of Jiangsu, Anhui and Zhejiang provinces.
Travel was disrupted in the megacity and nearby states with flights, ferries and trains suspended. ChinaShanghai’s airport canceled hundreds of flights from Sunday through Monday, and authorities in Hangzhou, about 106 miles southwest of Shanghai, canceled more than 180 flights.
Flights at Shanghai’s airport resumed on Monday afternoon as the storm passed.
Meteorological authorities expect up to 12 inches of rainfall in parts of Shanghai and nearby provinces from Monday to Wednesday.
Shanghai, a city of 25 million people, is rarely hit directly by typhoons, which usually make landfall further south in China.
Typhoon Yagi A typhoon that struck China’s southern island of Hainan earlier this month has caused devastation across Southeast Asia. In Myanmar, Typhoon Yagi has left at least 74 people dead and dozens missing. Four people have been reported dead on Hainan, at least 10 in Thailand and 20 in the Philippines. In Vietnam, the typhoon and subsequent floods and landslides have left more than 230 people dead and dozens more missing.
Before that, Typhoon Shanshan It weakened to a tropical storm before making landfall in Japan, but still brought torrential rains, disrupted transport and was blamed for at least several deaths.
Storms like Typhoon Bebinca are becoming stronger and harder to predict because: Climate ChangeMainly due to rising sea temperatures Providing more energy to combat severe weatherAccording to climatologists.
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