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Jericho Jameston Sep 20, 2024

Strong #typhoons rarely hit #Shanghai, #China's #financial capital, yet Chinese mega-city hit by two powerful #storms #Bebinca & #Pulasan in less than a week: #Asia #climate #weather #news https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-shanghai-hit-by-second-major-typhoon-in-a-week/a-70280297

China's Shanghai hit by second major typhoon in a week

More than a hundred thousand people were evacuated from Shanghai as Typhoon Pulasan brought heavy rains that broke local records in parts of the Chinese megacity.

Deutsche Welle

Jericho Jameston Sep 19, 2024

#Weather alert: #Shanghai, #China hit by second #typhoon in days after region struck by Typhoon #Bebinca, the strongest #storm in over 75 years: #Pulasan #Asia #climate https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/world/asia/tropical-storm-pulasan-shanghai.html

Tropical Storm Pulasan Nears Shanghai After Grazing Japan

Pulasan was expected to make landfall near the Chinese financial hub by Friday morning. Forecasters warned of potential floods and landslides.

The New York Times

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Zoom Earth Sep 16, 2024

The sun sets on Tropical Storm #Bebinca over #China. Maximum winds more than 100 km/h.

#台風13号 #weather #WX

Jericho Jameston Sep 16, 2024

#Shanghai, #China slammed by powerful Typhoon #Bebinca, the strongest #storm to strike city in over 70 years only days after country was hit by catastrophic super #Typhoon Yagi: #weather #Asia #climate https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/16/typhoon-bebinca-lands-in-shanghai-strongest-storm-to-hit-city-since-1949.html

Typhoon Bebinca lands in Shanghai, strongest storm to hit city since 1949

Typhoon Bebinca made landfall in Shanghai as a Category 1 storm, the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit the Chinese financial hub in over seven decades.

CNBC

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Zoom Earth Sep 16, 2024

Tropical Storm #Bebinca satellite picture from today over #China. Current wind speed more than 110 km/h.

#台風13号 #weather #WX

Marian Dörk Sep 16, 2024

The news coverage of floods in Central and Eastern Europe is drowning out the attention for severe floods in South-East Asia and West & Central Africa happening right now. It's not just that the increased severity of such extreme weather events is due to climate change, but it is the regions that are affected the most by these extreme weather events have contributed the least climate emissions.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kkdpnyp4o

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/world/africa/floods-africa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE4.8xiv.mbqt4JFJ_Tru&smid=url-share

#Boris #Yagi #Bebinca #storm #climate #floods

Myanmar: Over 100 dead in Myanmar floods after Typhoon Yagi hits

The storm is Asia's most powerful this year and has wreaked havoc in other countries including Vietnam.

geographile Sep 16, 2024

"#Typhoon #Bebinca made landfall in #Shanghai on Monday morning as a Category 1 #storm, the most powerful tropical #cyclone to directly hit the Chinese financial hub in more than seven decades."

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/typhoon-bebinca-lands-shanghai-strongest-storm-hit-city-since-1949-2024-09-15/

Chunshek

Sep 16, 2024

#Typhoon #Bebinca has made landfall in #Shanghai this morning, but there are two other tropical systems in the Western North Pacific right now:

• #TropicalStorm #Pulasan is expected to skirt past #Okinawa, #Japan by Wed evening, before making landfall near #Wenzhou, #China late Thu.
• The Tropical Depression crossing #Luzon today will be named #Soulik if it intensifies to a Tropical Storm. It may reach #Hainan late Fri.

YouStorm Sep 16, 2024

#Sentinel3 🛰️caught a view of Typhoon #Bebinca 🌀 with a convective blowup on the southeast of the cloud-filled eye while over Shanghai this morning #TyphoonBebinca