Shanghai suspends flights and trains as Typhoon Bebinca landing

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Shanghai has evacuated residents, canceled flights and outdoor events, suspended subway lines in preparations for Typhoon Bebinca, which could become one of the strongest typhoons to hit the city since 1949.

The typhoon formed on Saturday night is expected to make landfall on early Monday between areas north of Qidong in East China's Jiangsu Province and south of Ningbo in East China's Zhejiang Province.

Latest tracking suggests its chance to land in Shanghai is increasing, the Papers reported. The strongest typhoon landing in Shanghai was No.6 in 1949, the Gloria, at a speed of 40 meters per second. The severity of Bebinca could be close to Gloria.

China Meteorological Administration elevated the typhoon alert from orange to red at 6pm Sunday.

Chongming district in Shanghai ordered evacuation of 9,318 people on Saturday night and related work was finished Sunday.

All flights departing or landing at either of Shanghai’s two airports after 8pm Sunday have been canceled. Six subway lines and the fly-over sections of another nine subway lines will suspend operations on Monday.

Several highways connecting to Shanghai have imposed stricter speed restrictions on Sunday and some sections will be closed starting from 10pm on Sunday.

Some trains operating on railways across the Yangtze River delta have been suspended on Sunday and Monday due to the severe weather conditions caused by the typhoon.

Airlines have suspended flights concerning other cities in the Yangtze Delta region due to Typhoon Bebinca. Airports in Hangzhou and Ningbo each saw more than 100 flights canceled for Sunday and Monday so far