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the center of this year's 13th typhoon "bebejia" (strong typhoon level) landed in lingang new city, pudong, shanghai around 7:30 on september 16. the maximum wind speed near the center was 14 (42 meters per second) when it landed, and the lowest central pressure was 955 hpa. "bebejia" also surpassed 4906 typhoon "gloria" and became the strongest typhoon to land in shanghai in 75 years.

upstream news reporters saw that strong winds and heavy rains had already occurred in shanghai, suzhou and other places. early in the morning of september 16, many places in jiangsu, zhejiang and shanghai issued notices reminding citizens not to go out unless necessary, and takeaway delivery has been suspended in some areas.

typhoon path forecast. shanghai meteorological bureau

early in the morning of september 16, pudong, fengxian and other areas in shanghai had already entered strong winds and heavy rains. at the same time, the wind force in suzhou, nantong and other places in jiangsu province was gradually increasing. according to the shanghai flood control headquarters, as of 0:00 on the 16th, more than 414,000 people had been relocated and resettled in shanghai, and 811 ships had been evacuated for shelter. more than 2,500 rescue teams, 56,000 rescue personnel, 81 mobile pump trucks, and 415 flood control material warehouses were ready to go. the public security department launched the first-level service to strengthen traffic organization management, emergency linkage disposal, and public security order control. 12,000 fire rescue team members have assembled and are on standby.

at the same time, suzhou, which was greatly affected by typhoon bebejia, also announced on the morning of september 16 that at 7:00 today (16th), the eastern part of suzhou had entered its level 7 wind circle, and around 8:00 it entered its level 10 wind circle. the center of the typhoon entered wujiang district of suzhou at around 12:00 at typhoon level, and the entire city was within the level 10 wind circle during the day. therefore, shanghai and suzhou issued notices to remind citizens not to go out unless necessary.

suzhou and shanghai issued notices reminding people not to go out unless necessary. photo by upstream news reporter shi tingting

following the announcement by shanghai on september 15 that expressways will be closed and controlled, suzhou also implemented closure and control on all expressways in the city from 2:30 a.m. on september 16. nantong city, jiangsu province, which is adjacent to shanghai, was also affected by the typhoon. currently, nantong airport has canceled all flights from 0:00 to 14:00 on september 16. nantong chongqi bridge is under special control and is prohibited from passing. the entrances to qidongnan, qidongdong, and qidongbei of the shanghai-shaanxi expressway are closed, and vehicles heading to shanghai are diverted at the qidongnan toll station. the entire nantong section of xitong expressway is under level 2 control, prohibiting large buses, hazardous chemical vehicles, and dump trucks from entering the expressway, with a speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour. other expressways in nantong are currently under level 3 control, with a speed limit of 80 kilometers per hour. "dump trucks" and "three-exceeding" vehicles are prohibited from passing, and hazardous chemical transport vehicles are prohibited from passing according to the traffic regulations for important holidays. the main line of the city's urban expressways has a speed limit of 40 kilometers per hour, and large and medium-sized buses and vans are prohibited from passing.

the food delivery platform has stopped accepting orders and delivering them. screenshot of the food delivery platform

in addition, to ensure the safety of food delivery riders, the suzhou market supervision and administration bureau issued a notice to suspend order acceptance and delivery services from 1:00 on september 16. at the same time, upstream news reporters checked multiple food delivery software platforms and found that shanghai has also suspended food delivery platforms from accepting and delivering orders. it is reported that this is also the first time that shanghai has suspended food delivery and fresh food delivery due to weather reasons.

however, it is worth noting that in the official notices issued by jiangsu, zhejiang and shanghai, calling on citizens not to go out unless necessary, it is mentioned that the typhoon is expected to affect one day. from september 17, the weather will gradually return to calm, and it will be mainly cloudy. although there will be more clouds at night, the bright moon will be visible.

according to the news released by ningbo, ningbo airport will resume normal flights in an orderly manner from 11:30 on september 16. zhoushan city has also adjusted the typhoon prevention level i emergency response to level ii since 8:00 on the 16th.

upstream news reporter shi tingting