Typhoon lashes Shanghai, filling roads with water

Allure of wet days: People posing for a photo along an empty Bund in Shanghai, as most people stay indoors due to wind and rain as In-Fa hits parts of the eastern Chinese coast. — AFP

BEIJING: A typhoon blew heavy rain across the Shanghai region, filling roads and low-lying areas with water and felling billboards and signs on its second landfall in eastern China.

Flights and trains were cancelled and many offices were closed yesterday, including the US consulate, in Shanghai.