Overview

• Typhoon Co-May made initial landfall in Zhoushan and by the evening of July 30 was battering Shanghai under an orange rainstorm alert with winds up to 83 km/h.
• Authorities evacuated more than 282,800 residents from vulnerable coastal and low-lying areas to over 1,900 temporary shelters across the city.
• Shanghai suspended all ferry services, canceled approximately 640 flights at Pudong and Hongqiao airports, and imposed reduced speed limits on roads and some rail lines.
• A yellow tsunami alert issued after an 8.8-magnitude quake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula was lifted early in the afternoon, though emergency teams remain on high alert.
• The Shanghai Meteorological Service forecasts force-8 gusts and continued heavy rain across Shanghai and neighboring provinces over the next 24 hours.