Strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai since 1949 shuts down megacity
- 16-Sep-2024
SHANGHAI: Tens of millions of people in Shanghai and across China’s densely populated east coast hunkered indoors Monday as the strongest storm to hit since 1949 swept in, downing trees and disrupting transport across the region. Typhoon Bebinca landed early Monday morning in the city’s eastern coastal area, with wind speeds of up to 151 […]
Six dead as strongest typhoon in quarter century batters Japan
- 04-Sep-2018
OSAKA: The strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years battered the west of the country Tuesday with violent winds and heavy rain, killing six and injuring scores more. Powerful gusts ripped sheeting from rooftops, overturned trucks on bridges and swept a tanker anchored in Osaka Bay into a bridge to Kansai International Airport. The […]