China has issued an emergency response to potential flooding as Typhoon Bebinca approaches, bringing strong rainfall expected to impact the southeastern parts of the country, state media reported on Sunday.
The warning follows Bebinca’s departure from Japan’s Amami region, heading northwest across the East China Sea.
The Japan Meteorological Agency noted the typhoon was located approximately 230 kilometers west-northwest of Amami, moving at 25 kilometers per hour. Both countries are bracing for severe weather impacts.
Bebinca, the 13th storm this year, packed winds of up to 180 kph (112 mph) with an atmospheric pressure of 965 hectopascals at its center.
It is expected to weaken to a tropical storm on Monday or later.
China's Water Resources Ministry has issued a Level-IV emergency response to flooding for Shanghai and the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui, state-run broadcaster CGTN reported.
Bebinca is forecast to make landfall along the coast from Taizhou City in Zhejiang to Qidong City in Jiangsu between Sunday night and Monday morning, bringing massive precipitation.