The Co-May typhoon, which caused heavy rains and strong winds, pushed the Chinese city of Shanghai to evacuate nearly 283,000 inhabitants between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.
The city of Shanghai, located east of China, evacuated nearly 283,000 people in the face of the approach of the Co-May typhoon, responsible for heavy rains and strong winds, announced a state media on Wednesday, July 30.
The Shanghai central meteorological observatory increased its yellow to Orange yellow alert on Wednesday afternoon, the highest second. Thus, between Tuesday evening and Wednesday at 10 am (2 am GMT), “282,800 people were evacuated“Reported CCTV public television.
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Typhoon Co-May hit Earth on Wednesday at 4:30 am (8:30 p.m. GMT on Tuesday) in the eastern province of Zhejiang, south of Shanghai. He should reach Shanghai on Wednesday evening.
On live videos from the Chinese coast, waves cover walks by the sea, while images from the city of Ningbo show residents with water to the ankles.
Unrelated to the typhoon, China also expressed a tsunami alert on Wednesday for several areas of its coast is after a violent earthquake of magnitude 8.8 off the Russian Kamchatka peninsula. She then lifted it, according to CCTV.