BEIJING, Sept. 16 – The center of typhoon Bebinca has left Shanghai, but its impact still lingers in the city, according to the city government’s official WeChat account’s latest release.
At noon on Monday, the center of Bebinca is located within Kunshan, Jiangsu province. Its eastern side continues to affect Shanghai, and will bring wind and rain during the afternoon, with a weakening level. Most parts of the city will see the wind and rain cease in the evening.
Typhoon Bebinca, the 13th typhoon of the year landed in Shanghai’s Lin-gang Special Area in Pudong early Monday morning with wind speeds of up to 42 meters per second. Bebinca has surpassed typhoon Gloria to be the strongest storm to hit Shanghai since 1949, said the National Meteorological Centre.
As Bebinca continues to move towards the inland area, it is projected to impact areas including Shanghai and provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui with powerful winds and heavy rains on Monday.
More than 414,000 people have been relocated across Shanghai and 811 ships have been evacuated as of early morning on Monday, according to the Shanghai Flood Control Headquarters.
Another typhoon, tropical storm Pulasan, the 14th typhoon of this year, has formed. According to the China Meteorological Administration, Pulasan formed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean on Sunday night. It is projected to move at a speed of 20 to 25 kilometers per hour, gradually intensifying as it heads towards the East China Sea.
According to China Meteorological Administration, Pulasan might have a similar movement like Bebinca, but due to the involvement of cold air from Sept 18 to 20, the new typhoon’s movement will be difficult to forecast.
Meanwhile China’s Ministry of Water Resources warned on Monday that some rivers in eastern and central part of the country could see floods exceeding alert levels after Typhoon Bebinca made landfall in Shanghai.
