Typhoon Matsa: Worst Shanghai storm in eight years?

Expected to be the worst storm to hit Shanghai in eight years.
Residents of Shanghai were warned to stay home Saturday and to take precautions to prevent injuries from blowing debris.
Shanghai reported only minor damage, with a few street and building signs knocked down and one downtown road tunnel flooded.
The storm has claimed one life, when a dormitory at a construction site collapsed under strong winds.
Matsa is named after a Laotian fish.
Some winds in Shanghai were estimated at 100-kilometers-an-hour.
43,600 residents were evacuated in Jinshan, Nanhui, Fengxian and Baoshan districts, Pudong New Area and on Chongming Island, the largest such relocation in the city's history.
Hongqiao International Airport shut down all flights Friday night. Most departing international flights from Pudong International Airport were grounded and incoming flights diverted elsewhere. Reports say both airports remain closed.
Boats were ordered to port as winds near the mouth of the Yangtze were clocked at 133 kph.
Matsa landed in Zhejiang Province at 3:40 am and was centered about 60 kilometers north- northeast of Wenzhou at 8 am.
1.24 million residents on China's east coast have been evacuated, 510,000 in Zhejiang.

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