Shanghai's Yangshan port halts operations as Typhoon Hinnamnor strengthens


Shanghai's maritime authority has raised its emergency response level while it readies measures against Hinnamnor, which has strengthened into a super typhoon. - China Daily/ANN

BEIJING/SEOUL, Sept 4 (Reuters/The Korea Herald-ANN): Shanghai's major container port of Yangshan has suspended terminal operations as Typhoon Hinnamnor approaches the east China coast, state media CCTV reported, citing the local maritime authority.

The authority has raised its emergency response level while it readies measures against Hinnamnor, which has strengthened into a super typhoon with a maximum wind force of 52m per second, according to data from the China Meteorological Administration.

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