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3 concerts, 48 trains, flights suspended as typhoon nears city
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WITH Super Typhoon Chan-Hom looming outside Shanghai, all outdoor group activities planned for today have been suspended, while some people have been evacuated.
An orange alert was issued ahead of the typhoon, which is expected to pass close to Shanghai tomorrow morning, forecasters said.
The strength of Chan-Hom has been compared to Typhoon Haikui, which struck in 2012, destroying 7,500 houses in Shanghai and affecting 6 million people.
The Shanghai Meteorological Bureau upgraded the yellow typhoon alert it issued yesterday morning to orange, the second-highest in a four-tier scale, at 5:45pm. It predicted torrential rain and gales in many areas.
Centered about 610 kilometers southeast of Shanghai at 2pm yesterday, Chan-Hom is approaching the coast of central and northern Zhejiang and is expected to land sometime today.
It will then continue north, weakening as it goes. By the time it passes Shanghai — most likely tomorrow morning — it should have downgraded to a tropical storm or severe tropical storm, forecasters said.
The organizers of this year’s summer music festival said they canceled three concerts in Huangpu District as soon as the orange alert was issued.
Workers dismantled stages and temporary covers at the three venues that were set to welcome more than 2,000 people over the weekend. People living in mobile homes at construction sites will be evacuated as a safety measure, the Shanghai Flood Control Headquarters said yesterday at an emergency meeting.
Tourists, fishermen and others working near the sea will also be relocated, Vice Mayor Jiang Zhuoqing told the meeting, adding that the city government set a target of “no deaths, few injuries and few losses.”
People in the Pudong New Area, Fengxian District and Chongming Island are likely to feel the worst effects of the typhoon, said Chen Zhenlin, director with city’s meteorological bureau.
While there will be quite a lot of rain today and tomorrow, the bigger threat will come from the high winds, the forecasters said.
Meanwhile, hundreds of flights have been canceled at the city’s two airports.
Spring Airlines canceled 32 flights scheduled to fly into or out of Shanghai today and said further cancellations might follow tomorrow.
China Southern said it has canceled all flights scheduled to takeoff or land in Shanghai before 3pm today.
On the railways, 48 services set to leave Hongqiao station today have been canceled, officials said.
On the buses, 63 long-distance services scheduled to leave Shanghai Intercity Bus Terminal for Zhejiang yesterday and today have been canceled.
Meanwhile, the water authority said it has pumped 100 million cubic meters of water from the city’s inland waterways into the Huangpu River as a precautionary measure.
But the risk of flooding remains in some areas, it said.
The city’s 400 pumping stations will remain on standby around the clock to tackle any flooding events, while more than 400 vehicles and 2,000 workers have also been put on high alert, the authority said.
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