More than a hundred thousand people were evacuated from Shanghai as Typhoon Pulasan brought heavy rains that broke local records in parts of the Chinese megacity.

Shanghai was brought to a standstill on Monday by what authorities say was the strongest typhoon to directly hit the Chinese financial hub in more than seven decades, with flights, trains and highways suspended during a national holiday.

Officials in China moved some 414,000 people out of the way in Shanghai before the strongest storm in decades flooded roads and cancelled flights.

Shanghai, China’s financial hub, was hit by the strongest tropical storm in 75 years Monday. The city had closed its seaports and canceled more than 600 flights in preparation for Typhoon Bebinca, which made landfall early Sept. 16 having ripped through the Philippines over the weekend.

A tree in Shanghai blown down by strong winds from Typhoon Bebinca on September 16, 2024. Photo: Yu Xi/GT. Several districts in Shanghai, China's financial center, have suspended

The normally-bustling financial hub of Shanghai was brought to a standstill on Monday as residents sheltered at home to wait out the worst of Typhoon Bebinca. The Category 1 storm, which made landfall in Shanghai on Monday morning,

Typhoon Bebinca made landfall in Shanghai on Monday, September 16, as a Category 1 storm, bringing winds of up to 151 kilometers per hour. Thousands of people were evacuated, and flights and trains were disrupted.

Typhoon Bebinca has smashed into Shanghai with more than 400,000 people having to be evacuated in what is claimed to be the strongest storm to hit the Chinese city in more than 70 years.