SHANGHAI: Shanghai had evacuated almost 283,000 people from vulnerable coastal and low-lying areas as Typhoon Co-May made landfall in the Chinese financial hub on Wednesday evening, bringing lashing rains and winds. The city’s meteorological observatory issued an orange rainstorm alert, the second-highest warning level, on Wednesday afternoon as sheets of water inundated the city.
Almost a third of flights from Shanghai’s two international airports were cancelled, the city’s news service said, totalling around 640, with ferries and some train services also disrupted.
Co-May first made landfall in eastern Zhejiang province around 4:30 am on Wednesday, bringing winds of 83 kilometres per hour. — AFP
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