Heavy rains expected as storm nears China

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 16, 2024 12:12 am

SHANGHAI — Heavy rainfall is anticipated on Sunday as a strong typhoon approached China's heavily populated eastern seaboard.

Typhoon Bebinca was expected to make landfall along a span of coastline, including the megacity of Shanghai, sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning, according to Beijing's emergency management ministry.

Fishing boats shelter in the port in Zhoushan, in China’s easter Zhejiang province ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Bebinca on September 15, 2024. Photo by AFP

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