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Shanghai evacuates 283,000 people as typhoon hits

People evacuated from areas near the coast, rest in a shelter in Fengxian district in Shanghai on July 30, 2025. [AFP]

Shanghai had evacuated almost 283,000 people from vulnerable coastal and low-lying areas as Typhoon Co-May made landfall in the Chinese financial hub on Wednesday evening, bringing lashing rains and winds.

The city's meteorological observatory issued an orange rainstorm alert, the second-highest warning level, on Wednesday afternoon as sheets of water inundated the city.

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