Typhoon Muifa makes second landfall on China's east coast

Updated: Sep 15, 2022, 09:05 AM(IST)

Powerful gales and torrential rains battered Zhoushan in eastern China on Wednesday as Typhoon Muifa made landfall at the port city in what local media called the strongest tropical cyclone to hit the populous Yangtze River Delta in a decade. It made landfall for a second time on China's densely populated east coast on Thursday.

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Typhoon Muifa makes second landfall

Typhoon Muifa on Thursday made landfall for a second time on China's densely populated east coast, after causing the cancelation of all passenger flights at Shanghai's two international airports as it hit land.

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Highest-level typhoon alert

Muifa had previously hit the city of Zhoushan in Zhejiang province on Wednesday, according to Xinhua. China's Central Meteorological Administration had issued its highest-level typhoon alert for the first time this year. Muifa was expected to increase in intensity as it approached the coast.

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The storm packs winds of up to 78 miles per hour

The storm, packing winds of up to 126 kilometres (78 miles) per hour, made landfall at 12:30 am (1630 GMT Wednesday) in Shanghai's Fengxian district, state news agency Xinhua said.

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Flight adjustments to be announced

Shanghai Airport Group said in a social media statement that it "will announce flight adjustments at both airports to the public in a timely manner, in line with the typhoon's impact". 

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Schools were earlier closed, ferry routes suspended

Zhejiang authorities had ordered all fishing vessels to return to port by noon Wednesday, closed schools in three cities, suspended passenger ferry routes and shut tourist attractions as the province braced for Muifa's landfall.

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