Emergency services in Shanghai and Jiangsu Province in east China have intensified relief efforts to support residents in tiding over the turmoil caused by Typhoon Bebinca.
Bebinca, the 13th typhoon of this year, made landfall in Shanghai at about 07:30 Monday, according to the Shanghai central meteorological observatory.
At landfall, the maximum wind speed near the eye of the storm reached approximately 42 meters per second.
Bebinca, believed to be the strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai in a span of 75 years, has unleashed gales and torrential rain in the city.
Braving the ferocious storm, a heartwarming scene unfolded in Xuhui District of the city. As strong gusts and driving rain blew parcels from a delivery scooter all over the ground, the delivery worker struggled against the storm, desperately trying to gather the scattered items.
A passing police car stopped to help, with officers loading the parcels onto their vehicle and delivering them to the designated parcel station.
As Bebinca progressed into the neighboring Jiangsu Province on Monday, cities across the region experienced winds exceeding level 10, prompting immediate action from emergency services, including the fire departments and power utilities, to ensure public safety.
Firefighters in Yangzhou City in central Jiangsu, quickly sprang into action after receiving calls for help. They have been working tirelessly to remove objects at risk of falling from heights and clear fallen trees to reduce potential hazards.
Meanwhile, a 10-kilovolt power line in the city was damaged by the severe weather, causing widespread outages. Power repair crews braved the elements and, after over an hour of tough slog, they successfully restored electricity to the affected areas.
China's National Meteorological Center has forecast heavy to torrential rains in northern Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui, southern Jiangsu, and Henan from Tuesday to Wednesday due to the impact of Bebinca.
East China cities make tough slog to mitigate devastation from Typhoon Bebinca
The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 41,965, the Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Tuesday.
Over the past 24 hours, the Israeli military operations in Gaza caused 56 deaths and 278 injuries in the region, bringing the total injuries to as high as over 97,500, said the authorities.
About 20 armed fighters of Hamas were killed in the northern Gaza's Jabalia region over the past day, according to a report released by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Tuesday.
The report added that across Gaza a great number of weapons including grenades, anti-tank rockets, and rifles were seized, many footholds of Hamas were removed, and over 70 targets were stricken from air.
The Israeli military shoot at the offices of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza on Tuesday after they encircled the institute, said the health authorities in Gaza, adding the military also demanded the patients in multiple hospitals across the Gaza Strip to leave.
An Israeli soldier was killed in a close combat with the Al-Qassam Brigades, said the military wing of Hamas on the same day, adding that it also attacked the Israeli military reinforcements with bombs.
Air-raid siren could be heard in Israel's southern city of Sderot and nearby towns on late Tuesday with the Israeli military claiming that two rockets sent from Gaza were intercepted. Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, claimed the responsibility of the attack. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday, the one-year anniversary of Gaza conflict, appealed for peace in the Middle East.
He noted that since Oct. 7, 2023, "a wave of shocking violence and bloodshed has erupted," and the war that followed "continues to shatter lives and inflict profound human suffering for Palestinians in Gaza."
"It is time for the release of the hostages. Time to silence the guns. Time to stop the suffering that has engulfed the region. Time for peace, international law and justice," he said, adding that the UN is fully committed to achieving these goals.
Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 41,965
