Overview

• Typhoon Co-May first struck Zhoushan early Wednesday with sustained winds of 83 km/h before advancing toward Shanghai under torrential rain
• China’s Tsunami Warning Centre lifted its yellow alert after monitoring waves following an 8.8-magnitude quake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula
• Officials have grounded roughly 640 flights at Pudong and Hongqiao airports, halted all ferry services and imposed speed limits on roads and railways
• Over 1,900 temporary shelters now accommodate more than 282,800 residents relocated from vulnerable coastal and low-lying districts
• Co-May’s path across the South China Sea after battering the Philippines and Okinawa highlights the intensifying nature of tropical storms in a warming climate