SHANGHAI:  , Chinese authorities prepared for heavy rain on Sunday ( Sep 15 ) as a strong typhoon approached the country’s heavily populated eastern seaboard.
Typhoon Bebinca was scheduled to make land along a portion of the beach, including Shanghai, somewhere between Sunday evening and Monday day, according to Beijing’s crisis management ministry.
The storm will bring “local large or exceptionally weighty rainstorms” with “heavy to heavy” downpours between Sunday and Tuesday, according to a statement from the ministry on Saturday.
According to the speech, officials “researched and deployed work on flood and storms control in key areas” at a Saturday meeting.
The water sources government on Saturday launched a level-four emergency response for flood in Shanghai and the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui regions, according to state news agency Xinhua. This is the lowest level in a three-tier system.
Bebinca’s expected landfall comes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, a public holiday in China.
The typhoon’s development needs to be closely monitored, according to the emergency management ministry, adding that “many people will be traveling, mobility will be high, and safety risks will be prominent.”
Shanghai municipal authorities urged residents on Sunday to” strengthen efforts to guard against harmful effects of the typhoon on high-altitude work, transportation, infrastructure and agriculture”.
According to state media, the typhoon caused some flights to and from Shanghai’s major airports to be canceled or rescheduled on Sunday.
According to an official statement posted on the social media accounts of the municipal port and shipping development center, passenger shipping lines in Shanghai were scheduled to be suspended from Sunday.
China emits the most greenhouse gases in the world, which scientists claim are causing climate change and increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather.