Typhoon Bavi: Taiwan cancels flights and ferries as mainland China braces for storm
Shanghai and surrounding provinces are bracing for Typhoon Bavi, leading to widespread cancellations of flights, ferry services, and public events. Authorities have raised emergency warnings and are implementing strict safety measures to protect residents.
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Extreme weather events in major economic hubs like Shanghai have significant impacts on regional logistics, travel, and public safety.
Shanghai raised its local typhoon warning on Saturday afternoon as eastern China braced for the arrival of Typhoon Bavi, cancelling flights and ferry services and evacuating thousands of people.
As of 6pm, Shanghai transport authorities had limited the speed on the overground sections of four subway lines, and warned they might impose further limits or partially suspend services on the rest of the network on Sunday and Monday.
The city government has also imposed a 60km/h (35mph) speed limit on all highways and cancelled all ferry services.
Community workers in Shanghai patrolled the streets, using loudspeakers to remind residents to close windows and doors and secure objects indoors after the city’s typhoon warning was raised from blue to yellow, the third highest level in a four-tier system.
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