Typhoon Bebinca, the strongest storm to directly hit Shanghai since 1949, made landfall on Monday morning, bringing the city to a standstill.
The storm hit Shanghai’s Pudong district, an industrial area southeast of the city’s core, at around 7.30am local time, with wind speeds of up to 151 kmph, according to the China Meteorological Administration.
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center classified Bebinca as a Category 1 Atlantic hurricane equivalent.
Bebinca formed late on Saturday and intensified quickly before slamming into Shanghai, a city of 25 million people that is rarely in the direct path of typhoons.