Shanghai Battered by Heavy Rains brought by Typhoon Kong-rey

Shanghai has been battling heavy rains since Thursday as Typhoon Kong-rey continues to affect the coastal areas in east China. Typhoon Kong-rey, the 21st typhoon of this year, is reported to be moving northwards and is expected to make landfall in Wenling City of east China’s Zhejiang Province.

The average precipitation recorded at the city’s 947 monitoring stations reached 85.33 millimeters from Thursday night to Friday morning. The typhoon also triggered rising water levels in the Zhangjiabang River in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area, with the maximum height once reaching 3.3 meters, over 30 centimeters higher than the danger mark.