Shanghai gradually started returning to normal on Thursday after Typhoon Muifa brought strong winds and heavy rain to the shipping hub overnight.
The region’s ports began to reopen, airports resumed passenger flights and train services were restored as the city dropped its typhoon alert to the lowest level.
The storm made landfall in Zhoushan, near Ningbo, at 8:30 pm local time Wednesday and arrived in Shanghai around 12:30 am Thursday.
Muifa is currently heading north, weakening to a tropical storm with wind gusts of 86 miles (138 kilometres) an hour, according to the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Centre. The China meteorologic administration predicted it will make a third landfall in Shandong province Thursday night.
Read more in an article from the American Journal of Transportation.