Beijing: Two Shanghai International Airports canceled all flights and authorities forbid activities outside Sundays when East China prepared for the arrival of Typhoon in-Fa.
In-FA is expected to hit Zhejiang Province, South Shanghai, on Sunday afternoon, with 250-350 millimeter rainfall (10 to 14 inches), the national weather bureau announced.
“People should not be willing to go outside,” Bureau said.
The previous typhoon wasted rain in Taiwan and knocked down tree branches but there was no death or injury reported.
It packs a sustainable wind of 155 kilometers (95 miles) per hour with a gusts up to 191 KPJ (120 mph).
Hundreds of flights in Shanghai Pudong and Shanghai Airport Hongqiao were canceled and increasingly expected to be canceled on Monday, State TV reported on its website.
Shanghai Garden Close and Riverfront Bund District, Popular Wisata Area.
International Airport in Hangzhou, Southwest Shanghai, was also canceled by flights.
Train services to Ningbo, a South Shanghai port city, suspended, according to State TV.
The Zhoushan bridge that connects the islands near Ningbo is closed.
Schools, markets and businesses in Zhejiang Province were ordered earlier to close.
On Saturday, a large container ship was moved from the port Yangshan in Shanghai, one of the busiest delivery centers in the world.
State TV said the ship’s key in Nantong, which borders north, stopped releasing the ship to the Yangtze River.
Meanwhile in Central China, the death toll rose to 58 after the rain record hit Zhengzhou’s big city on Tuesday, reported.
Rain flooded the Zhengzhou Subway tunnel where at least 12 people died, knocked down the power to the hospital and other buildings and left the streets with mud.
Rescuers use bulldozers and rubber boats to evacuate the residents of the area that are still under water, according to the Shanghai News Outlet paper.
Shanghai canceled flights as Chinese braces for typhoon in-fa
