Cities in ea༒stern China have suspended ferry services and suspended classes as they brace for the arrival of Typhoon Hinnamnor, a strong storm that is expected to also affect neighbouring Taiwan, Japan 🌱and Korea.
Shanghai on Sunday suspende♓d ferry services and deployed more than 50,000 police officers to aid with rescues and guide traffic away from danger areas.
The eܫaster🌼n business hub of Wenzhou also ordered all classes suspended on Monday.
Typhoon Hinnamnor is the strongest g🌌lobal storm of 2022, and is forecasted to move gradually northward into the East China Sea.
Evacuations and flight cancellations h🍌ave been ordered in Japan's Okinawa. The storm is also expected to bring intense ra🌳infall to the Korean peninsula, bringing the possibility of flooding.
The ty𓃲phoon has maximum sustained winds of 175 km (109 miles) per hour, according🍷 to the Hong Kong Observatory.
China's National Meteorological Center issued a yellow typhoon warning at 10 am Sunday, and warned of heavy rains iܫn northeastern Zhejiang, Shanghai and self-governing Taiwan.
Ships were told to return to port to take shelter from the wind, and the centre also urged 🌼people against large gatherings bot⛄h indoors and outdoors.
In Taiwan, over 600 residents in New Taipei, Taoyuan and Hsinchu counties were evacuated to nearby shelters on Saturday amid the heavy ra🌞in and stronꦬg winds, according to the island's Central News Agency.
The typhoon caused a la൲ndslide in Taiwan's Miaoli county, and blew over some 100 roadside trees.
About 40 flights and more than 100 ferry services across Taiwan were ꦅalso cancelled Saturday, according to the city's Mini💃stry of Transport and Communication.