Shanghai’s 25 million people advised to stay at home as Bebinca pounds city with heavy rain and strong winds.
Typhoon Bebinca has made landfall in Shanghai, the strongest storm to hit China’s biggest city since 1949.
The typhoon hit at about 7.30am (23:30 GMT) on Monday in the coastal area of Lingang New City in Shanghai’s east, the China Meteorological Administration said.
With wind speeds of up to 151 kilometres per hour (94 miles per hour) near its eye, Bebinca is the strongest storm to hit the city since Typhoon Gloria in 1949, the state-run Global Times reported.
Flights and train services were cancelled, highways closed and Shanghai’s 25 million residents advised to stay at home ahead of the storm’s arrival. A 40km/h (25mph) speed limit was imposed on roads inside the city.
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