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foreign media: shanghai hit by typhoon again

2024-09-21

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reference news reported on september 21according to afp on september 20, china's megacity shanghai was hit by a second typhoon, with some roads and neighborhoods flooded. on the 16th, shanghai had just encountered the strongest typhoon in 75 years.

it was reported that typhoon prasang made landfall in fengxian district, shanghai on the evening of the 19th, with the maximum wind speed near the center reaching level 9 when it landed.

it is reported that as the typhoon "moves inland, the wind will gradually weaken", but there will still be heavy rain in the city on the morning of the 20th.

videos circulating on social platforms on the 20th showed that residents in some neighborhoods in shanghai waded through the water to travel, and there were no reports of serious losses or casualties.

the report said that on the 19th, as the typhoon approached shanghai, some areas of shanghai raised the warning level. in the previous few days, typhoon "bebejia" had caused serious damage and was the strongest typhoon to hit the city since 1949.

according to a report on the singapore lianhe zaobao website on september 20, after typhoon prasang made landfall on the coast of fengxian district, shanghai, it brought severe rainfall to shanghai. as of 9:00 on the 20th, the accumulated rainfall at two stations in nicheng, pudong and situan, fengxian, exceeded 300 mm in 6 hours, breaking the historical records of pudong and fengxian respectively.

as of 9:00, the average rainfall in shanghai was 73.28 mm. among the 614 measuring stations, 28 reached the level of extremely heavy rain, accounting for about 4.6%. (compiled by xu yanhong)