Chinese financial hub suspends flights, closes schools ahead of landfall
The clouds above the Shanghai skyline are purple due to severe tropical storm Co-may on July 29. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
BEIJING (Reuters) -- Shanghai has relocated more than 280,000 people since Tuesday night as a safety precaution, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Wednesday, in anticipation of heavy rainfall with the arrival of a tropical cyclone in eastern China.
Co-May made landfall as a tropical storm in the port city of Zhoushan in Zhejiang province in the early hours of Wednesday with maximum sustained wind speeds near its center of 23 meters per second (83 kph), Chinese state media reported.
While the winds ushered in by Co-May are weaker than those generated by typhoons, the Chinese financial hub and other cities in the Yangtze delta have taken no chances, cancelling flights and train services, suspending schools, and moving people away from areas considered risky.
